الہڑ

Punjabi

Alternative forms

• اَلَّھڑ (állaṛ)

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit *𑀅𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀟 (*allaḍa). Cognate with Urdu اَلْہَڑ (alhaṛ) / Hindi अल्हड़ (alhaṛ), Sindhi اَلَڙُ (alaṛu), Marathi अल्लड (allaḍ), Gujarati અલ્લડ (allaḍ) and Nepali अल्लड (allaḍ) / अल्लढ (allaḍh).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: állaṛă IPA^(key): /ə˦l.ləɽᵊ/, [ɐ˦l.ləɽᵊ]

Adjective

اَلّہَڑ • (állaṛ) (indeclinable, Gurmukhi spelling ਅੱਲ੍ਹੜ)

1. naive; young; adolescent (of a girl)
2. inexperienced; immature (of a girl)

Noun

اَلّہَڑ • (állaṛ) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਅੱਲ੍ਹੜ)

1. a young; naive; adolescent female

Declension

Declension of الہڑ
dir. sg.	اَلّہَڑ (allhaṛ)
dir. pl.	اَلّہَڑاں (allhaṛāṉ)
	singular	plural
direct	اَلّہَڑ (allhaṛ)	اَلّہَڑاں (allhaṛāṉ)
oblique	اَلّہَڑ (allhaṛ)	اَلّہَڑاں (allhaṛāṉ)
vocative	اَلّہَڑے (allhaṛe)	اَلّہَڑو (allhaṛo)
ablative	اَلّہَڑوں (allhaṛoṉ)	—
locative	اَلّہَڑے (allhaṛe)	اَلّہَڑِیں (allhaṛīṉ)
instrumental	اَلّہَڑے (allhaṛe)	اَلّہَڑِیں (allhaṛīṉ)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “الہڑ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਅੱਲ੍ਹੜ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*allaḍa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press