Etymology

bandh

B3A1N1D2H4

Today it means: A general strike, shutdown, or other form of protest used in South Asia in which a substantial portion of the population stays home and does not report to work. Full definition →

Hindi बंध ← Sanskrit बन्ध
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The story

  1. Sanskrit · derived fromबन्ध
  2. Hindi · borrowed fromबंध“closure”
  3. English todaybandh

Borrowed from Hindi बंध (bandh, “closure”), from Sanskrit बन्ध (bandha). Doublet of bund (“a type of enclosure”).

Words from the same roots

Hindiबंध all →

bund

Sanskritबन्ध all →

bandha

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.