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hostage meaning in Gujarati

બંધક

UK/ˈhɒs.tɪd͡ʒ//ˈhɑs.tɪd͡ʒ/

hostage in Gujarati: બંધક. In English, hostage means a person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or similar agreement, such as to ensure the status of a vassal.

Gujarati words for hostage

બંધક

English meaning of hostage

  1. noun A person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or similar agreement, such as to ensure the status of a vassal.
  2. noun A person seized in order to compel another party to act (or refrain from acting) in a certain way, because of the threat of harm to the hostage.
  3. noun Something that constrains one's actions because it is at risk.
  4. noun One who is compelled by something, especially something that poses a threat; one who is not free to choose their own course of action.

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Questions about hostage in Gujarati

What is the meaning of hostage in Gujarati?
Hostage in Gujarati is બંધક.
hostage નો ગુજરાતી અર્થ શું છે?
Hostage: બંધક.
What does hostage mean in English?
Hostage means a person given as a pledge or security for the performance of the conditions of a treaty or similar agreement, such as to ensure the status of a vassal.

Source and license

Gujarati words: machine translation by IndicTrans2 (AI4Bharat, MIT license), kept only when it translates back to “hostage”. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: hostage (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Gujarati words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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