ڈاڈھا
Punjabi edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Sanskrit दार्ढ्य (dā́rḍhya), from दृढ (dṛḍha). Cognate with Saraiki ݙاڈھا (ḏāḍhā), Kannada ಡಾಡ (ḍāḍa) and Marathi डाढा (ḍāḍhā).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: ḍā́ḍhā, ḍā́ḍḍhā IPA(key): /ɖäː˦.ɖäː/, /ɖäː˦.ɖ(ː)äː/
- Rhymes: -äː
Adjective edit
ڈاڈھا • (ḍāḍhā) (feminine ڈاڈھی, Gurmukhi spelling ਡਾਢਾ)
- severe, gravely
- strict, impertinent
- 1986, سجاد حیدر [sjād ḥedr, Sajad Haidar], چونویں کہانی [Convīn̲ kahānī], Lahore: پاکستان پنجابی ادبی بورڈ [Pakistan Punjabi Adabi Board], →ISBN, →OCLC, page 218:
- البتہ اپݨے بھاڑے نے بارے اوہ ڈاڈھا حساب کتاب رکھنا ہیا۔
- albatta apṇe bhāṛe ne bāre oh ḍāḍhā ḥisāb kitāb rakhnā hiya.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- oppressive
- strong, powerful
Declension edit
| Declension of ڈاڈھا | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| direct | ڈاڈھا ({{{2}}}ā) | ڈاڈھے ({{{2}}}e) | ڈاڈھی ({{{2}}}ī) | ڈاڈھیاں ({{{2}}}īyāṉ) | |
| oblique | ڈاڈھے ({{{2}}}e) | ڈاڈھیْاں ({{{2}}}iyāṉ) | ڈاڈھی ({{{2}}}ī) | ڈاڈھیاں ({{{2}}}īyāṉ) | |
Further reading edit
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “ڈاڈھا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- “ڈاڈھا”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dā́rḍhya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 361