بھانڈا

Inherited from Old Punjabi بھانڈا (bhānḍā), itself from Prakrit 𑀪𑀁𑀟 (bhaṃḍa), ultimately from Sanskrit भाण्ड (bhāṇḍa). Cognate with Saraiki بھانڈَہ (bhānḍah), Hindi भंडा (bhaṇḍā) / भाँड़ (bhā̃ṛ) and Marathi भांडे (bhāṇḍe).

• (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: pā̀ṇḍā IPA^(key): /päː˨ɳ.ɖäː/
• Rhymes: -äː
• Hyphenation: بھاݨ‧ڈا
• Homophone: پانڈا (pānḍā) (level tone)

بھانڈا • (bhānḍā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਭਾਂਡਾ)

1. dinnerware, crockery, utensil; any vessel used for eating;
   1. earthenware
   2. plate, pot

   Synonyms: بَرْتَن (bartan), ڈَون٘گا (ḍauṉgā, “bowl”)

2. cellar, store
3. an unreasonable or wicked person.

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “بھانڈا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]
• “بھانڈا”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “bhāṇḍa¹”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press