भण्डारा bhanḍārā

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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 · n. · m.

Earlier definition

Definition

Reserve. Place where provisions, etc. are stored.
(Bābā) Kitchen. Place where food is distributed.
(Bābā) Treasure-Store.

Usual translation

  1. treasure store
  2. bhandara

Origin of the definition

भण्डारा Bhandaara. Baba's kitchen.

भंडार bhaṇḍāra bhāṉḍa:r (nm) a store, store-house; storage; depository; emporium; also ~रघर (nm); ~री a store-manager, incharge of a store-house.

Bhandara. kitchen.

भण्डारा. Kitchen; Treasury.

भण्डारा bhanḍārā. Kitchen (or Treasure-Store).

H بهنڐارا भण्डारा bhanḍārā, = H بهنڐار भण्डार bhanḍār, [S. भाण्ड+आगार], s.m. Place where household goods and utensils are kept, store-room, store-house, depository, magazine, warehouse; the well of a native cart; receptacle for water, reservoir or tank; bed of a river; (fig.) head, skull; villages managed by a rājā or zamīndār himself; private estate (not rented or farmed to others); — bhanḍārā, s.m. Feast of Jogis, Sanyāsīs, &c.

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Created
Friday 24 April 2020
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