جھنڈا

Kohistani Shina

Noun

جھنڈا (jhanḍā)

1. flag

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit *ध्वजदण्ड (dhvajadaṇḍa, “flagstaff”), from ध्वज (dhvaja) +‎ दण्ड (daṇḍa).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: càṇḍā IPA^(key): /t͡ʃə˨ɳ.ɖäː/
• Rhymes: -äː
• Hyphenation: جَھنْ‧ڈا

Noun

جَھنْڈا • (jhanḍā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਝੰਡਾ)

1. flag, banner

   Synonyms: پَرْچَم (parcam), پَھریرا (pharerā)

Declension

Declension of جھنڈا

	singular	plural
direct	جَھنْڈا (jhanḍā)	جَھنْڈے (jhanḍe)
oblique	جَھنْڈے (jhanḍe)	جَھنْڈیْاں (jhanḍiyāṉ)
vocative	جَھنْڈیْا (jhanḍiyā)	جَھنْڈیو (jhanḍeyo)
ablative	جَھنْڈیوں (jhanḍeyoṉ)	جَھنْڈیْاں (jhanḍiyāṉ)
locative	–	جَھنْڈِیں (jhanḍīṉ)
instrumental	جَھنْڈے (jhanḍe)	–

Further reading

• “جھنڈا”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “جھنڈا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀥𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀟 (*dhajjaṇḍa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit *ध्वजदण्ड (dhvajadaṇḍa, “flagstaff”), from ध्वज (dhvaja) +‎ दण्ड (daṇḍa). Cognate with Bhojpuri झंडा (jhaṇḍā), Punjabi ਝੰਡਾ (jhaṇḍā) / جَھنْڈا (jhanḍā), Sindhi جَهنڊو / झंडो (jhaṇḍo), Gujarati ઝંડો (jhaṇḍo), Marathi झेंडा (jheṇḍā), Nepali झण्डा (jhaṇḍā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒʱən.ɖɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː
• Hyphenation: جَھنْ‧ڈا

Noun

جَھنْڈا • (jhanḍā) m (Hindi spelling झंडा)

1. flag, banner

   Synonyms: پَرْچَم (parcam), لِوَا (livā)

   جَھنْڈے کو لہراؤ!

   jhanḍe ko lahrā'o!

   Wave the flag!

Declension

Declension of جھنڈا

	singular	plural
direct	جَھنْڈا (jhanḍā)	جَھنْڈے (jhanḍe)
oblique	جَھنْڈے (jhanḍe)	جَھنْڈوں (jhanḍõ)
vocative	جَھنْڈے (jhanḍe)	جَھنْڈو (jhanḍo)

Further reading

• “جھنڈا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “جهنڈا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• “جھنڈا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.