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nakabandi

nakabandi noun: a system of patrolling streets by use of checkpoints.

Noun

nakabandi (countable and uncountable, plural nakabandis)

  1. (India, uncountable) A system of patrolling streets by use of checkpoints.
  2. (India, countable) A roadblock.

Forms of nakabandi

pluralnakabandis

Origin of nakabandi

From Hindi नाकाबन्दी (nākābandī) and Urdu ناکابندی (nākā-bandī, “blockade, roadblock”).

Questions about nakabandi

What does nakabandi mean?
Nakabandi means a system of patrolling streets by use of checkpoints.
What part of speech is nakabandi?
Nakabandi is a noun.
What is the plural of nakabandi?
The plural of nakabandi is nakabandis.

Words near nakabandi in the dictionary

  1. najis
  2. Najjar
  3. Najjars
  4. nak
  5. naka
  6. nakabandi
  7. nakabandis
  8. nakadashi
  9. nakadashied
  10. nakadashiing
  11. nakadashis

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