گدھ

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀕𑀺𑀤𑁆𑀥 (giddha), from Sanskrit गृध्र (gṛ́dhra). Compare Gujarati ગીધ (gīdh), ગીધડું (gīdhḍũ), Marathi गिधाड (gidhāḍ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɡɪd̪d̪ʱ/

Noun

گِدّھ • (giddh) m (Hindi spelling गिद्ध)

1. vulture

Declension

Declension of گدھ
	singular	plural
direct	گِدّھ (giddh)	گِدّھ (giddh)
oblique	گِدّھ (giddh)	گِدّھوں (giddhō̃)
vocative	گِدّھ (giddh)	گِدّھو (giddhō)

References

• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “گدهـ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “gŕ̊dhra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press