ٹنڈا
Punjabi edit
Etymology edit
From ٹُنْڈ (ṭunḍ), inherited from Sanskrit टुंट (ṭuṃṭa), Sanskrit *टुण्ट (*ṭuṇṭa). Cognate with Urdu ٹُنْٹا (ṭunṭā) / ٹُنْڈا (ṭunḍā) and Hindi टुंटा (ṭuṇṭā).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /ʈʊ̃ɳ.ɖäː/
- Rhymes: -äː
- Hyphenation: ٹُنْ‧ڈا
Adjective edit
ٹُنْڈا • (ṭunḍā) (feminine ٹُنْڈی, Gurmukhi spelling ਟੁੰਡਾ)
- armless; a person who's arms have been dismembered or amputated
- (figuratively) helpless
Declension edit
| Declension of ٹنڈا | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| direct | ٹُنْڈا (ṭunḍā) | ٹُنْڈے (ṭunḍe) | ٹُنْڈی (ṭunḍī) | ٹُنْڈیاں (ṭunḍīyāṉ) | |
| oblique | ٹُنْڈے (ṭunḍe) | ٹُنْڈیْاں (ṭunḍiyāṉ) | ٹُنْڈی (ṭunḍī) | ٹُنْڈیاں (ṭunḍīyāṉ) | |
Further reading edit
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “ٹُنڈا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- “ਟੁੰਡਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ṭuṇṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 304