"bandana" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /bænˈdæn.ə/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-bandana.ogg Forms: bandanas [plural]
Rhymes: -ænə Etymology: Borrowed from Hindi बंधन (bandhan, “the act of binding, a bond”), from Sanskrit बध्नाति (badhnāti, “he binds”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to bind, bond”). Related to Hindi बांधना (bāndhnā, “to tie”). Doublet of bind. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰendʰ-}}, {{root|en|sa|बन्ध्}}, {{bor|en|hi|बंधन||the act of binding, a bond}} Hindi बंधन (bandhan, “the act of binding, a bond”), {{der|en|sa|बध्नाति||he binds}} Sanskrit बध्नाति (badhnāti, “he binds”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*bʰendʰ-||to bind, bond}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to bind, bond”), {{cog|hi|बांधना||to tie}} Hindi बांधना (bāndhnā, “to tie”), {{doublet|en|bind}} Doublet of bind Head templates: {{en-noun}} bandana (plural bandanas)
  1. A large kerchief, usually colourful and used either as headgear or as a handkerchief, neckerchief, bikini, or sweatband. Categories (topical): Headwear Translations (large kerchief): bandana (Afrikaans), groot sakdoek (Afrikaans), عِصَابَة (ʕiṣāba) [feminine] (Arabic), عِصَابَةُ رَأْس (ʕiṣābatu raʔs) [feminine] (Arabic), голяма цветна носна кърпа (goljama cvetna nosna kǎrpa) (Bulgarian), 頭巾 /头巾 (tóujīn) (Chinese Mandarin), 大手帕 (dàshǒupà) (Chinese Mandarin), 印花絲巾 /印花丝巾 (yìnhuā sījīn) [feminine, formal] (Chinese Mandarin), šátek [masculine] (Czech), huivi (Finnish), päähuivi (Finnish), Piratenkopftuch [neuter] (German), Piratentuch [neuter] (German), Halstuch [neuter] (German), Kopftuch [neuter] (German), bandana (Indonesian), バンダナ (bandana) (Japanese), 밴대나 (baendaena) (Korean), zéédéełtsooz (Navajo), bandana [feminine] (Polish), bandana [feminine] (Portuguese), банда́на (bandána) [feminine] (Russian), pañoleta [feminine] (Spanish), bandana (Turkish), bandana [masculine] (Welsh), bandanas [masculine, plural] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-bandana-en-noun-3RAoLf~5 Disambiguation of Headwear: 54 46 Disambiguation of 'large kerchief': 93 7
  2. A style of calico printing, in which white or bright spots are produced upon cloth previously dyed a uniform red or dark colour, by discharging portions of the color by chemical means, while the rest of the cloth is under pressure. Categories (topical): Headwear
    Sense id: en-bandana-en-noun-4fgFLXc5 Disambiguation of Headwear: 54 46 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Afrikaans translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Navajo translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 72 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 32 68 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 30 70 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Afrikaans translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Navajo translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 37 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 32 68
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: bandanna, bandanno, bandannoe [obsolete] Derived forms: bandanaed, bandana code, bandana of the Everglades, bandana thrash

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "expansion": "→ Indonesian: bandana",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Indonesian: bandana"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "bandana",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: bandana",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: bandana"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ja",
            "2": "バンダナ",
            "bor": "1",
            "tr": "bandana"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Japanese: バンダナ (bandana)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Japanese: バンダナ (bandana)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "bandana",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: bandana",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: bandana"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "bandana",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: bandana",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: bandana"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "бандана",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: бандана (bandana)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: бандана (bandana)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰendʰ-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sa",
        "3": "बन्ध्"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "hi",
        "3": "बंधन",
        "4": "",
        "5": "the act of binding, a bond"
      },
      "expansion": "Hindi बंधन (bandhan, “the act of binding, a bond”)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "sa",
        "3": "बध्नाति",
        "4": "",
        "5": "he binds"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit बध्नाति (badhnāti, “he binds”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰendʰ-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "to bind, bond"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to bind, bond”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hi",
        "2": "बांधना",
        "3": "",
        "4": "to tie"
      },
      "expansion": "Hindi बांधना (bāndhnā, “to tie”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "bind"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of bind",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Hindi बंधन (bandhan, “the act of binding, a bond”), from Sanskrit बध्नाति (badhnāti, “he binds”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰendʰ- (“to bind, bond”). Related to Hindi बांधना (bāndhnā, “to tie”). Doublet of bind.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "bandanas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "bandana (plural bandanas)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ban‧dan‧a"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1832, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Heath's Book of Beauty, 1833, The Knife, page 123:",
          "text": "Neighbours now came hurrying in, and one after another missed some trifling article of property which the deceased was known to have possessed. There were three thin spoons, real silver, on which she greatly prided herself; they were gone. A large silver watch, together with a red silk shawl and a Bandana handkerchief, very regular parts of her Sunday attire, were also not to be found.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A large kerchief, usually colourful and used either as headgear or as a handkerchief, neckerchief, bikini, or sweatband."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "kerchief",
          "kerchief"
        ],
        [
          "headgear",
          "headgear"
        ],
        [
          "handkerchief",
          "handkerchief"
        ],
        [
          "neckerchief",
          "neckerchief"
        ],
        [
          "bikini",
          "bikini"
        ],
        [
          "sweatband",
          "sweatband"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A style of calico printing, in which white or bright spots are produced upon cloth previously dyed a uniform red or dark colour, by discharging portions of the color by chemical means, while the rest of the cloth is under pressure."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "calico",
          "calico"
        ],
        [
          "print",
          "print"
        ],
        [
          "dye",
          "dye"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/bænˈdæn.ə/",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-bandana.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/de/En-us-bandana.ogg/En-us-bandana.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/En-us-bandana.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ænə"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "bandanna"
    },
    {
      "word": "bandanno"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "bandannoe"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "large kerchief",
      "word": "bandana"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "large kerchief",
      "word": "groot sakdoek"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʕiṣāba",
      "sense": "large kerchief",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "عِصَابَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʕiṣābatu raʔs",
      "sense": "large kerchief",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "عِصَابَةُ رَأْس"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "goljama cvetna nosna kǎrpa",
      "sense": "large kerchief",
      "word": "голяма цветна носна кърпа"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tóujīn",
      "sense": "large kerchief",
      "word": "頭巾 /头巾"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "dàshǒupà",
      "sense": "large kerchief",
      "word": "大手帕"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yìnhuā sījīn",
      "sense": "large kerchief",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "formal"
      ],
      "word": "印花絲巾 /印花丝巾"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "large kerchief",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "šátek"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "large kerchief",
      "word": "huivi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "large kerchief",
      "word": "päähuivi"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "large kerchief",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Piratenkopftuch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "large kerchief",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Piratentuch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "large kerchief",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Halstuch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "large kerchief",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Kopftuch"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "large kerchief",
      "word": "bandana"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "bandana",
      "sense": "large kerchief",
      "word": "バンダナ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "baendaena",
      "sense": "large kerchief",
      "word": "밴대나"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "large kerchief",
      "word": "zéédéełtsooz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "large kerchief",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bandana"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "large kerchief",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bandana"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bandána",
      "sense": "large kerchief",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "банда́на"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "large kerchief",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pañoleta"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "large kerchief",
      "word": "bandana"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "large kerchief",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bandana"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "large kerchief",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "bandanas"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bandana"
}

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