बूंद būnd
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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.
| ISO 15919 | On this site |
|---|---|
| c | ch |
| ś | śh |
| ṣ | ṣh |
| r̥ | r̥i |
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- 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.
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Earlier definition
Definition
A drop.
(proverb) बूँद-बूँद से भरे तलाब 'Drop by drop the pond is filled'. Many a pickle make a mickle, many a drop make an ocean.
Usual translation
- drop
Origin of the definition
बूँद būm̐da bū:d (nf) a drop; —बूँद से घट भरे/-बूँद से भरे तलाब many a pickle make a mickle, many a drop make an ocean, hair by hair you will pull out the horses tail.
H بوند बूंद būṅd [S. विन्दु], s.f. Drop; drop of rain; — blood; semen; — a kind of spotted silk: — adj. Good, excellent, fine, grand, superb (the word is used, in familiar phraseology, to serve as the standard of excellence, &c., and corresponds to our phrases 'the pink of,' 'the essence of'): — būṅd-būṅd, adv. Drop by drop, by drops; every drop of, to the last drop: — būṅd ṭapaknā, v.n. To drip; to trickle: — būṅd ćurānā, v.n. To secrete semen, to conceive (a woman): — būṅd-kī būṅd, adj. Rectified, doubly-distilled (spirit, sharāb), very strong (wine): — būṅd honā, v.n. To appear like a speck (a kite); to rise to a great height, to be scarcely visible; (hence) to disappear.
Usage in the murlis
Murlis of the day (and original sakar)
105 occurrences
In 58 on 2386 murlis
Avyakts
84 occurrences
In 46 on 1112 murlis
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