पगडंडी

Hindi

Etymology

पग (pag) +‎ डंडी (ḍaṇḍī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /pəɡ.ɖəɳ.ɖiː/, [pɐɡ.ɖɐ̃ɳ.ɖiː]

Noun

पगडंडी • (pagḍaṇḍī) f

1. track, footpath (a trail used by pedestrians)

   इस पगडंडी पे अपनी गाड़ी नहीं चला सकते हो।

   is pagḍaṇḍī pe apnī gāṛī nahī̃ calā sakte ho.

   You cannot drive your car on this footpath.

Declension

Declension of पगडंडी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	पगडंडी pagḍaṇḍī	पगडंडियाँ pagḍaṇḍiyā̃
oblique	पगडंडी pagḍaṇḍī	पगडंडियों pagḍaṇḍiyõ
vocative	पगडंडी pagḍaṇḍī	पगडंडियो pagḍaṇḍiyo

Related terms

• (path): पथ (path), मार्ग (mārg), रास्ता (rāstā)

References

• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “पगडंडी”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “padadaṇḍa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press