बांका bāṅkā

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This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919On this site
cch
śśh
ṣṣh
r̥r̥i

A few reading pointers:

  • ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
  • ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
  • A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

Hindi · adj.

Earlier definition

Definition

Bent, curved, oblique, crooked.
Flexure.

Usual translation

  1. tangled

Origin of the definition

बंक baṅka bāṅk (a) bent, curved; oblique; crooked; (nm) flexure; hence ~ता (nf) bend, curvature; obliquity; crookedness; ~नाल a goldsmith's blow-pipe; ~साल a warehouse.

H بانکا बांका bāṅkā [S. वक्र+कः, rt. वक्], adj. & s.m. Crooked, winding, curved, bent, awry, on one side; oblique, tortuous, retrograde (motion of planets); crooked in disposition, cunning, fraudulent; malevolent, refractory, rebellious; — foppish, coxcombish, dashing, showy, smart, gay, coquettish, wanton; fine; spirited; — a fop, beau, buck, dandy; bravo, bully; dissolute fellow, rake, roué (syn. albelā); — a hook or curved instrument to cut bamboos, &c. with ( = bāṅk); a particular musical instrument, a bent trumpet made of brass.

Usage in the murlis

Murlis of the day (and original sakar)

4 occurrences

In 4 on 2386 murlis

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Avyakts

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Monday 12 August 2024
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