ڈھڈ

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *ढिड्ढ. Cognate with Sindhi ڍِڍُ (ḍhiḍḍu) and Hindi ढीढ़ (ḍhīṛh).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: ṭìḍḍă IPA^(key): /ʈɪ˨ɖ.ɖə̆/

Noun

ڈِھڈّ • (ḍhiḍḍ) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਢਿੱਡ)

1. (anatomy) belly, stomach
2. (figuratively) pregnancy, womb

Declension

Declension of ڈھڈ
dir. sg.	ڈِھڈّ (ḍhiḍḍ)
dir. pl.	ڈِھڈّ (ḍhiḍḍ)
	singular	plural
direct	ڈِھڈّ (ḍhiḍḍ)	ڈِھڈّ (ḍhiḍḍ)
oblique	ڈِھڈّ (ḍhiḍḍ)	ڈِھڈّاں (ḍhiḍḍāṉ)
vocative	ڈِھڈّا (ḍhiḍḍā)	ڈِھڈّو (ḍhiḍḍo)
ablative	ڈِھڈّوں (ḍhiḍḍoṉ)	—
locative	ڈِھڈّے (ḍhiḍḍe)	ڈِھڈِّیں (ḍhiḍḍiīṉ)
instrumental	ڈِھڈّے (ḍhiḍḍe)	ڈِھڈِّیں (ḍhiḍḍiīṉ)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “ڈھِڈ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਢਿੱਡ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*ḍhiḍḍha²”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press