The story
- Classical Persian · derived fromبند و بست“tying and binding”
- Hindustani · borrowed from
- English todaybundobust
From Hindustani بند و بست (band-o-bast) / बंदोबस्त (bandobast), from Classical Persian بند و بست (band-u-bast, “tying and binding”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.