bandana

• bandanna
• bandanno
• bandannoe (obsolete)

Borrowed from Hindi बन्धन (bandhan, “the act of binding, a bond”), from Sanskrit बध्नाति (badhnāti, “he binds”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to bind, bond”). Related to Hindi बांधना (bāndhnā, “to tie”). Doublet of bind.

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /bænˈdæn.ə/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ænə
• Hyphenation: ban‧dan‧a

bandana (plural bandanas)

1. A large kerchief, usually colourful and used either as headgear or as a handkerchief, neckerchief, bikini, or sweatband.
   • 1832, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Heath's Book of Beauty, 1833, The Knife, page 123:

     Neighbours now came hurrying in, and one after another missed some trifling article of property which the deceased was known to have possessed. There were three thin spoons, real silver, on which she greatly prided herself; they were gone. A large silver watch, together with a red silk shawl and a Bandana handkerchief, very regular parts of her Sunday attire, were also not to be found.

2. A style of calico printing, in which white or bright spots are produced upon cloth previously dyed a uniform red or dark colour, by discharging portions of the color by chemical means, while the rest of the cloth is under pressure.[1]

• abandannaad
• bandanaed
• bandana code
• bandana of the Everglades
• bandana thrash

• → Indonesian: bandana
• → Italian: bandana
• → Japanese: バンダナ (bandana)
• → Polish: bandana
• → Portuguese: bandana
• → Russian: бандана (bandana)

• bandana on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

From English bandana, borrowed from Hindi बन्धन (bandhan, “he ties”), from Sanskrit बध्नाति (badhnāti, “he binds”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to bind, bond”).

• IPA^(key): /banda.na/
• Hyphenation: banda‧na

bandana (plural bandanas)

1. bandana

From English bandana, from Hindi बन्धन (bandhan, “he ties”), from Sanskrit बध्नाति (badhnāti, “he binds”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to bind, bond”).

• IPA^(key): [banˈda.na]
• Hyphenation: ban‧da‧na

bandana (first-person possessive bandanaku, second-person possessive bandanamu, third-person possessive bandananya)

1. bandana.

• “bandana” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Borrowed from English bandana.

• IPA^(key): /banˈda.na/
• Rhymes: -ana
• Hyphenation: ban‧dà‧na

bandana f (plural bandane)

1. bandana

• bandana in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• bandana in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa

Borrowed from English bandana, from Hindi बन्धन (bandhan, “he ties”), from Sanskrit बध्नाति (badhnāti, “he binds”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to bind, bond”).

• IPA^(key): /banˈda.na/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: ban‧da‧na

bandana f (diminutive bandanka)

1. kerchief, bandana

• bandana in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• bandana in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɐnɐ, (Brazil) -ɐ̃nɐ
• Hyphenation: ban‧da‧na

bandana f (plural bandanas)

1. bandana (piece of cloth worn as headgear)