ठुड्डी

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀞𑀼𑀟𑁆𑀟 (*ṭhuḍḍa), one of several variants of Sanskrit तुण्ड (tuṇḍa, “beak, trunk, snout”), certainly non-Indo-Aryan and probably from Munda. Compare ठोड़ी (ṭhoṛī), टोटी (ṭoṭī), टोंटी (ṭõṭī),

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʈʰʊɖ.ɖiː/, [ʈʰʊɖ̚.ɖiː]

Noun

ठुड्डी • (ṭhuḍḍī) f (Urdu spelling ٹھڈی)

1. chin

   Synonym: चिबुक (cibuk)

Declension

Declension of ठुड्डी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	ठुड्डी ṭhuḍḍī	ठुड्डियाँ ṭhuḍḍiyā̃
oblique	ठुड्डी ṭhuḍḍī	ठुड्डियों ṭhuḍḍiyõ
vocative	ठुड्डी ṭhuḍḍī	ठुड्डियो ṭhuḍḍiyo

Related terms

• टोंट (ṭõṭ)
• टोंटी (ṭõṭī)
• टोटी (ṭoṭī)
• ठोड़ी (ṭhoṛī)
• थूथन (thūthan)
• थूथनी (thūthnī)

 

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “tunda”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ठुड्डी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press