Bandar (port)


Bandar or Bunder is a Persian word meaning "port" and "haven". Etymologically it combines Persian بند Band and در dar meaning "an enclosed area". The word travelled with Persian sailors over a wide area leading to several coastal places in Iran and elsewhere having Bandar as part of their names. In some Indian languages the word Bandargah means "port". In Indonesian Malay it means "port". In Assamese-Bengali languages "bondor" means port.

Places

Various ports around the world derive their names from the word "bandar". Some of them are listed below.

Bangladesh

The west coast of India, with its historic links to Persia, has several place names that include the word bunder.
The city of Bombay historically had a number of piers along its waterfronts, each named after the cargo it typically handled. The piers have long gone, but the place names continue to be used today. A coastal town in Andhra Pradesh by name Machilipatnam is also called Bandar by the local people over there. These include:
Similarly, in the state of Gujarat, several town names include the word bunder: