nasbandi
/ˈnasbandi/ /ˈnʌsbʌndi/(also nasbandhi) South Asian
noun
Sterilization of a man or a woman, especially vasectomy. Also: a population control programme, instituted by the Indian government during the state of emergency in 1977, requiring sterilization for those with more than two children.
Origin
1970s; earliest use found in The New Yorker. From Hindi nasbandī ligature, vasectomy, sterilization from nas vein, sinew (from Sanskrit snasā tendon, muscle) + bandī binding, tying (from Persian bandī, ultimately from Sanskrit bandh- to bind, tie, fasten).
- the naughty step
- the Nazarene
- thence
- thenceforth
- thenceforward
- the Needles
- the Net
- the new black
- the new kid on the block
- the new normal
- the next world
- the night's (only) a pup
- the Nine
- the nizam
- the noble art (or science) (of self-defence)
- the noes have it
- the north–south divide
- theo-
- the Oaks
- the object of the exercise
- theobromine
- theocentric
- theocracy
- theocrat
- theocratic