ਢ

ਢ U+0A22, ਢ GURMUKHI LETTER DDHA ← ਡ [U+0A21] Gurmukhi ਣ → [U+0A23]

Translingual

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʈə̀/

Letter

ਢ

1. Gurmukhi letter ਢੱਢਾ (ḍhaḍā)
   • Guru Granth Sahib, Guru Arjan, translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa, ang 256:

     ਢਢਾ ਢੂਢਤ ਕਹ ਫਿਰਹੁ ਢੂਢਨੁ ਇਆ ਮਨ ਮਾਹਿ

     ḍhaḍhā ḍhūḍhat kah phirhu ḍhūḍhan eā man māhe

     Dhadha: Where are you going, wandering and searching? Search instead within your own mind.

Punjabi

Alternative forms

• Shahmukhi letter: ڈھ (ḍh)

Pronunciation

• (letter name):IPA^(key): /ʈə̀ɖ.ɖäː/, /ɖʱəɖ.ɖʱäː/
• (phoneme, standard):IPA^(key): /ʈ◌̀/, /◌́ɖ/
• (phoneme, dialectal):IPA^(key): /ɖʱ/

Letter

ਢ • (ṭàḍḍā)

1. The nineteenth consonant in Punjabi.

See also

• (Gurmukhi script letters) ੳ,‎ ਅ,‎ ੲ,‎ ਸ,‎ ਹ,‎ ਕ,‎ ਖ,‎ ਗ,‎ ਘ,‎ ਙ,‎ ਚ,‎ ਛ,‎ ਜ,‎ ਝ,‎ ਞ,‎ ਟ,‎ ਠ,‎ ਡ,‎ ਢ,‎ ਣ,‎ ਤ,‎ ਥ,‎ ਦ,‎ ਧ,‎ ਨ,‎ ਪ,‎ ਫ,‎ ਬ,‎ ਭ,‎ ਮ,‎ ਯ,‎ ਰ,‎ ਲ,‎ ਵ,‎ ੜ,‎ ਸ਼,‎ ਖ਼,‎ ਗ਼,‎ ਜ਼‌‍,‎ ਫ਼,‎ ਲ਼,‎ ਕ਼ ^{(Category: Punjabi letters) [edit]}
• (Gurmukhi script vowels) ਅ,‎ ਆ,‎ ਇ,‎ ਈ,‎ ਉ,‎ ਊ,‎ ਏ,‎ ਐ,‎ ਓ,‎ ਔ ^{(Category: Punjabi letters) [edit]}
• (Gurmukhi script diacritics) ਾ,‎ ਿ,‎ ੀ,‎ ੁ,‎ ੂ,‎ ੇ,‎ ੈ,‎ ੋ,‎ ੌ,‎ ਂ,‎ ੰ,‎ ੱ ^{(Category: Punjabi letters) [edit]}

References

• “ਢ”, in Punjabipedia [ਪੰਜਾਬੀਪੀਡੀਆ] (in Punjabi), Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024