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bindi

noun

bin·​di ˈbin-dē How to pronounce bindi (audio)
plural bindis
: a mark (such as a red dot) or piece of jewelry worn on the middle of the forehead especially by Hindu women
Between her delicate eyebrows is a smudged crimson bindi. D. Thomas Minton
The bindi is placed between the eyebrows, the place of the sixth chakra (the seat of concealed wisdom). The Tempist
Henna tattoos and bindis, those decorative dots placed between the eyes, grace faces that have never seen beyond the American suburbs. Vivian McInerny

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Hindi bindī, literally, "dot, mark" (or a cognate Indo-Aryan word), going back to the Middle Indo-Aryan and Sanskrit stem bindu- "drop, spot," of uncertain origin

First Known Use

1872, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bindi was in 1872

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