Urdu edit

Etymology edit

From Classical Persian توده (tōda, heap, pile; mass).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

تُودہ or تودہ (tūda or todam (Hindi spelling तोदा or तूदा)

  1. mound, heap, pile; stack
    ہم تودہ پر چڑھ گئے
    ham tūda par caṛh ga'e
    we climbed up the mound
  2. boundary, limit
    یہ ہمارے گاؤں کا ٹوڈا ہے
    ye hamare ga'õ kā tūda he
    this is the boundary of our village
  3. crowd, mob, gathering
    تودہ گلیوں میں جمع ہو گیا
    tūda galīyõ mẽ jama' ho gyā
    a crowd has gathered in the streets
  4. an earthen mound used to fire ranged weapons behind
    ساتھی تودہ پر تفنگ چاؤ
    sāthī, tūda par tufang cala'o!
    comrade, fire the gun from the mound!

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • تودہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “تودہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “تودہ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • تودہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.