bundobust

== English == === Alternative forms === bandobast, bandobust === Etymology === From Hindustani بند و بست (band-o-bast) / बंदोबस्त (bandobast), from Classical Persian بند و بست (band-u-bast, “tying and binding”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbʌndəbʌst/ === Noun === bundobust (countable and uncountable, plural bundobusts) (India) A system of discipline; organisation, arrangement, preparation. === Further reading === Henry Yule; A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903), “bundobust”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […], page 127.