بندوق

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (bandūq), from Arabic بُنْدُق (bunduq, “hazelnut, pebble, bullet, gun”).

Pronunciation

(Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /bə̃n.d̪uːq/, /bɐ̃n.d̪uːkᵊ/

Noun

بَنْدُوق • (bandūq) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਬੰਦੂਕ)

gun (ie. a shotgun; rifle as opposed to a pistol)

Declension

Declension of بندوق
dir. sg.	بَنْدُوق (bandūq)
dir. pl.	بَنْدُوقاں (bandūqāṉ)
	singular	plural
direct	بَنْدُوق (bandūq)	بَنْدُوقاں (bandūqāṉ)
oblique	بَنْدُوق (bandūq)	بَنْدُوقاں (bandūqāṉ)
vocative	بَنْدُوقے (bandūqe)	بَنْدُوقو (bandūqo)
ablative	بَنْدُوقوں (bandūqoṉ)	—
locative	بَنْدُوقے (bandūqe)	بَنْدُوقِیں (bandūqīṉ)
instrumental	بَنْدُوقے (bandūqe)	بَنْدُوقِیں (bandūqīṉ)

Further reading

Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “بندوق”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
“ਬੰਦੂਕ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024

Urdu

Etymology

From Classical Persian (bandūq), from Arabic بُنْدُق (bunduq, “hazelnut, pebble, bullet, gun”), from Middle Persian pndk' (pondik, “hazelnut”), from Ancient Greek [κάρυον] Ποντικόν (Pontikón, “Pontic nut”), q.v.

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bən.d̪uːq/, /bən.d̪uːk/

Noun

بَنْدُوق • (bandūq) f (Hindi spelling बंदूक़)

gun, rifle

Declension

Declension of بندوق
	singular	plural
direct	بندوق (bandūq)	بندوقیں (bandūqẽ)
oblique	بندوق (bandūq)	بندوقوں (bandūqõ)
vocative	بندوق (bandūq)	بندوقو (bandūqo)

References

“بندوق”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“بندوق”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

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