bandh

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A general strike, shutdown, or other form of protest used in South Asia in which a substantial portion of the population stays home and does not report to work. South-Asia
    — The impending course of events and the patterns of violence could have readily been foreseen after the incident in Godhra, and particularly after the VHP's declaration of a state-wide bandh, both by the city's residents and government authorities […]

词形变化

bandhs plural bundh alternative bund alternative

词源

Borrowed from Hindi बंध (bandh, “closure”), from Sanskrit बन्ध (bandha). Doublet of bund (“a type of enclosure”).
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