Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The gumbo-plant or okra (Abelmoschus esculentus), the mucilaginous pods of which are eaten green as a vegetable and are used as a thickening for soup. It is called by the Hindus bhindi. Also written bandikai. See okra.

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Examples

  • Dâdarshish : nâma : Arminiya : manâ : bandaka : avam : adam : frâishayam : Arminam

    Contradictions with authors' accounts of Etruscan word Rasna 2009

  • Vidarna : nâma : Pârsa : manâ : bandaka : avamshâm : mathishtam : akunavam

    Contradictions with authors' accounts of Etruscan word Rasna 2009

  • More important, he made Pythius what Herodotus calls his hereditary friend—perhaps bandaka is to be understood by this.

    The Battle of Salamis Barry Strauss 2004

  • Darius welcomed Demaratus in the grand manner, making Demaratus his bandaka, and a favored one at that.

    The Battle of Salamis Barry Strauss 2004

  • More important, he made Pythius what Herodotus calls his hereditary friend—perhaps bandaka is to be understood by this.

    The Battle of Salamis Barry Strauss 2004

  • Darius welcomed Demaratus in the grand manner, making Demaratus his bandaka, and a favored one at that.

    The Battle of Salamis Barry Strauss 2004

  • Xerxes offered a courtly defense of his bandaka while conceding Achaemenes’ point about the prevalence of jealousy.

    The Battle of Salamis Barry Strauss 2004

  • The Great King’s bandaka were his dependents or, literally, “those who wear the belt banda of vassalage.”

    The Battle of Salamis Barry Strauss 2004

  • Xerxes was furious; such defeatism on the part of the Great King’s bandaka had to be punished.

    The Battle of Salamis Barry Strauss 2004

  • Xerxes was furious; such defeatism on the part of the Great King’s bandaka had to be punished.

    The Battle of Salamis Barry Strauss 2004

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