bandari

/ ˈbændɑːˌriː /

noun

1. a female monkey
2. informal.
   an impudent or mischievous girl or woman

Word History and Origins

Origin of bandari¹

C21: Hindi

Example Sentences

Shia Muslim Bandari women from southern Iran wearing embroidered Boregeh masks.

From BBC

The Iranian American scientist and feminist Roja Bandari, who lived under Iran’s religious dictatorship, tweeted this after the 2016 election: “There is no ominous music playing in background in dictatorships. So if you in the US are waiting for a sign, there will be none.”

From The Guardian

Esha Bandari, a staff attorney for the ACLU, explained that there’s a long history of passing obscenity laws “in the guise of protecting minors”, but that allow governments to prosecute adults making erotic materials for other adults.

From Salon

The law was so broadly worded, according to Bandari, that one could get in legal trouble for offering sex education to high school students or even selling “The Catcher in the Rye“.

From Salon

Like many villagers, Bandari used much of the cash to pay for the schooling and marriages of her children.

From The Guardian