[band], m. a dam, dike, embankment, belt, band, joint (of the body).
[←New Pers. band ‘connection, link’ <band-, bastan v. ‘to bind’ ◄Middle Pers. band ‘connection, link’ <band-, bastan v. ‘to bind’ ◄Old Pers. basta- ppp. ‘bound’ <band ‘to bind’] ♣[Young Avestan baṇdaiieiti 3sg.act. ‘binds’; baṇda- m. ‘bond, fetter’; basta- ppp. ‘bound’] ♣[OIA √bandh ‘bind’]
☞ (Platts, 1884) 0169; (Turner, 1966) p.515; (MW, 1899) 0720; (Pokorny, 1959) 0127; (Mayrhofer, 1986-2001) 2.208; (MacKenzie, 1971) 017; (Horn, 1893) 0219