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bindi en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio
• /bɪn.di/

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi बिंदी (bindī).

Meanings

1. The “holy dot” traditionally worn on the forehead of Hindu women.
   • Actually… a six-figure advance? What the hell, dudes, I'm donning a sari and bindi and penning a novel called, let's see, how about Manchesterstani? My old desi m8s the rude girls of Moss Side have never before been captured in fiction. Int dat da truth, rude girls? 2005 November 14, Anita Sethi, “The curse of being labelled the 'new Zadie'”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
2. Makeup or jewellery worn in imitation of such a dot.

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Synonyms

tika · pottu · kumkum · tilakam · sindoor · tilak

Translations (12)

hi बिंदी (the "holy dot") · ja ビンディー (the "holy dot") · sa बिन्दु (the "holy dot") · ta பொட்டு (the "holy dot") · or ଟିକିଲି (the "holy dot") · ru би́нди (the "holy dot") · th พินทุ (the "holy dot") · de Bindi (the "holy dot") · ml പൊട്ട് (the "holy dot") · mr टिकली (the "holy dot") · my ဗိန္ဒု (the "holy dot") · km ពិន្ទុ (the "holy dot")

bindi en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

Clipping of bindi-eye.

Meanings

1. (Australia, countable, uncountable) The common lawn weed, Soliva sessilis, introduced to Australia from South America.
2. (Australia, countable, uncountable) A seed of this plant, having small sharp spines which stick painfully into bare feet.
3. (Australia, countable, uncountable) Any of a number of plants of the genus Calotis which have small burrs with fine barbed awns.
4. (Australia, countable, uncountable) Any of various plants of the genus Sclerolaena.

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bindi en · NOUN · etymology 3

Meanings

1. (India, alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable) Alternative form of bhindi (“okra”).
   alt of bhindi

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