دھندا

Urdu

Alternative forms

• دَھنْدَہ (dhanda), دَھنْدھا (dhandhā)

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀥𑀁𑀥 (dhaṃdha), from Sanskrit धन्ध (dhandha). Cognate to Gujarati ધંધો (dhandho), Marathi धंदा (dhandā), Bengali ধাঁধা (dhãdha).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d̪ʱən.d̪ɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː
• Hyphenation: دَھن‧دا

Noun

دَھنْدا • (dhandā) m (Hindi spelling धंधा)

1. occupation; business; work (especially one that is dubious or immoral)

   Synonym: کام (kām)

Declension

Declension of دھندا
	singular	plural
direct	دھندا (dhandā)	دھندے (dhande)
oblique	دھندے (dhande)	دھندوں (dhandõ)
vocative	دھندے (dhande)	دھندو (dhando)

Further reading

• “دھندا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “دھندا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.