बूंद būnd

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cch
śśh
ṣṣh
r̥r̥i

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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.

Hindi · n. · f.

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

  1. 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.

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Murlis of the day (and original sakar)

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Avyakts

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Monday 17 August 2020
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