Punjabi

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Etymology

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Inherited from Prakrit 𑀫𑀼𑀟𑁆𑀠 (muḍḍha), from Sanskrit मूर्धन् (mūrdhan).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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مُڈّھ (muḍḍhm (Gurmukhi spelling ਮੁੱਢ)

  1. beginning; inception
    • 2023, Zahid Hussain, Dr. Zeb-un-Nisa, “اشاریہ سازی دی ضرورت و اہمیت تے پنجابی وچ ایہدی ریت [Exigency and significance of Bibliographic Index and it's tradition in Punjabi]”, in پارَکھ [pārakh]‎[1], volume 8, Lahore: Lahore College for Women University:
      مطالعہ مواد نوں مڈھ توں آخر تک کھنگالنا نہیں پیندا۔
      mut̤āliʻah mūād nūṉ muḍḍh toṉ āxar tak khaṉgālṇā nahīṉ paindā.
      The study material does not have to be scoured from beginning to the end.
  2. basis
  3. origin
  4. generation

Declension

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Declension of مڈھ
dir. sg. مُڈّھ (muḍḍh)
dir. pl. مُڈّھ (muḍḍh)
singular plural
direct مُڈّھ (muḍḍh) مُڈّھ (muḍḍh)
oblique مُڈّھ (muḍḍh) مُڈّھاں (muḍḍhāṉ)
vocative مُڈّھا (muḍḍhā) مُڈّھو (muḍḍho)
ablative مُڈّھوں (muḍḍhoṉ)
locative مُڈّھے (muḍḍhe) مُڈّھِیں (muḍḍhīṉ)
instrumental مُڈّھے (muḍḍhe) مُڈّھِیں (muḍḍhīṉ)

Further reading

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  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “مُڈھ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • ਮੁੱਢ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mūrdhán”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 591