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Indian man with bindi on forehead

Borrowed from Hindi बिंदी (bindī).

bindi (plural bindis)

  1. The “holy dot” traditionally worn on the forehead of Hindu women.
    Synonyms: kumkum, pottu, sindoor, tika, tilak, tilakam

    • 2005 November 14, Anita Sethi, “The curse of being labelled the 'new Zadie'”, in The Guardian‎[1], →ISSN:

      Actually… a six-figure advance? What the hell, dudes, I'm donning a sari and bindi and penning a novel called, let's see, how about Manchesterstani? My old desi m8s the rude girls of Moss Side have never before been captured in fiction. Int dat da truth, rude girls?

  2. Makeup or jewellery worn in imitation of such a dot.

the "holy dot"

Clipping of bindi-eye.

bindi (countable and uncountable, plural bindis)

  1. (Australia) The common lawn weed, Soliva sessilis, introduced to Australia from South America.
  2. (Australia) A seed of this plant, having small sharp spines which stick painfully into bare feet.
  3. (Australia) Any of a number of plants of the genus Calotis which have small burrs with fine barbed awns.
  4. (Australia) Any of various plants of the genus Sclerolaena.

bindi (countable and uncountable, plural bindis)

  1. (India) Alternative form of bhindi (“okra”).
  • IPA(key): /ˈbindi/
  • Rhymes: -indi
  • Syllabification: bin‧di

bindi (present bindas, past bindis, future bindos, conditional bindus, volitive bindu)

  1. (transitive) to bind (books)
  • IPA(key): /bín.dìː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [bɪ́n.dìː]

bindī̀ m (possessed form bindìn)

  1. tail
    Synonym: wutsiya
  2. (euphemistic) penis
    Synonyms: azzakari, bura, jela, wutsiya

bindi n (genitive singular bindis, nominative plural bindi)

  1. volume, tome
  2. sheaf
  3. bandage
  4. tie, necktie
  • binda (“to bind, to tie”)

bindi

  1. third-person singular/plural present subjunctive active of binda