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Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from Hindi बिंदी (bindī).
Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪndi
Noun
[edit]bindi (plural bindis)
- The “holy dot” traditionally worn on the forehead of Hindu women.
- 2005 November 14, Anita Sethi, “The curse of being labelled the 'new Zadie'”, in The Guardian[1], →ISSN:
- 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?
- Makeup or jewellery worn in imitation of such a dot.
Translations
[edit]the "holy dot"
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Etymology 2
[edit]Shortening of bindi-eye.
Noun
[edit]bindi (plural bindis)
- (Australia) The common lawn weed, Soliva sessilis, introduced to Australia from South America.
- (Australia) A seed of this plant, having small sharp spines which stick painfully into bare feet.
- (Australia) Any of a number of plants of the genus Calotis which have small burrs with fine barbed awns.
- (Australia) Any of a various plants of the genus Sclerolaena.
Esperanto
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[edit]Verb
[edit]bindi (present bindas, past bindis, future bindos, conditional bindus, volitive bindu)
- (transitive) to bind (books)
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of bindi
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Related terms
[edit]Hausa
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bindī̀ m (possessed form bindìn)
Icelandic
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bindi n (genitive singular bindis, nominative plural bindi)
Declension
[edit]declension of bindi
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- binda (“to bind, to tie”)
Old Norse
[edit]Verb
[edit]bindi
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