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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesनुकीला बाँस
Native Script:हिंदी देवनागरी
Pronunciation / Transliteration: nukīlā bāṁs
"सैनिकों ने जंगल में छिपे हुए नुकीले बाँस के फंदों से बचाव किया।"
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2 senses- 1
A sharp, fire-hardened bamboo or metal stake, often concealed in the ground or in pits as a booby trap to inflict puncture wounds on an enemy.
"Soldiers had to meticulously sweep the jungle paths to avoid stepping into concealed punji stake pits." - 2
A primitive type of booby trap consisting of a pit lined with sharpened spikes.
"The scout narrowly avoided falling into a camouflaged punji trap."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Burmese language, the term originally referred to a sharp bamboo stake. It entered Western military vocabulary extensively during the Vietnam War, describing simple yet devastating trap devices used in guerrilla warfare.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Punji" is said worldwide
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pieu punji
Transliteration: pyø pœnʒi
"Les soldats faisaient attention aux pièges de type punji dans la jungle."
Punjispieß
Transliteration: pʊndʒiˌspiːs
"Die Patrouille entdeckte versteckte Punjispieße im Unterholz."
palo punji
Transliteration: palo punʒi
"Il tracciato era disseminato di trappole con pali punji."
estaca punji
Transliteration: esˈtaka ˈpunxi
"Las tropas avanzaban con cautela para no caer en trampas de estacas punji."
estaca punji
Transliteration: isˈtakɐ ˈpuʒi
"A patrulha encontrou armadilhas de estacas punji na mata."
नुकीला बाँस
Transliteration: nukīlā bāṁs
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"सैनिकों ने जंगल में छिपे हुए नुकीले बाँस के फंदों से बचाव किया।"
潘吉竹签
Transliteration: pān jí zhú qiān
Script: 中文汉字
"工兵仔细搜查了布满潘吉竹签陷阱的区域。"
푼지 말뚝
Transliteration: pun-ji mal-ttuk
Script: 한국어 한글
"정찰대는 정글에서 푼지 말뚝 함정을 발견했습니다."
プンジステーク
Transliteration: punji suteeku
Script: 日本語
"兵士たちはプンジステークの罠に警戒しながら進んだ。"
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