bindi

noun

bin·di ˈbin-dē How to pronounce bindi (audio)

plural bindis

: a mark (such as a red dot) or piece of jewelry worn on the middle of the forehead especially by Hindu women

Between her delicate eyebrows is a smudged crimson bindi.

D. Thomas Minton

The bindi is placed between the eyebrows, the place of the sixth chakra (the seat of concealed wisdom).

The Tempist

Henna tattoos and bindis, those decorative dots placed between the eyes, grace faces that have never seen beyond the American suburbs.

Vivian McInerny

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Hindi bindī, literally, "dot, mark" (or a cognate Indo-Aryan word), going back to the Middle Indo-Aryan and Sanskrit stem bindu- "drop, spot," of uncertain origin

First Known Use

1872, in the meaning defined above

单词	bindi
释义	bindi noun bin·di ˈbin-dē plural bindis : a mark (such as a red dot) or piece of jewelry worn on the middle of the forehead especially by Hindu women Between her delicate eyebrows is a smudged crimson bindi. D. Thomas Minton The bindi is placed between the eyebrows, the place of the sixth chakra (the seat of concealed wisdom). The Tempist Henna tattoos and bindis, those decorative dots placed between the eyes, grace faces that have never seen beyond the American suburbs. Vivian McInerny Word History Etymology borrowed from Hindi bindī, literally, "dot, mark" (or a cognate Indo-Aryan word), going back to the Middle Indo-Aryan and Sanskrit stem bindu- "drop, spot," of uncertain origin First Known Use 1872, in the meaning defined above
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