گندھک

Urdu

Etymology

From Sanskrit गन्धक (gandhaka, “sulfur”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɡən.d̪ʱək/

Noun

گَنْدَھک • (gandhak) f (Hindi spelling गंधक)

1. sulfur

Declension

Declension of گندھک
	singular	plural
direct	گَنْدَھک (gandhak)	گَنْدَھکیں (gandhakẽ)
oblique	گَنْدَھک (gandhak)	گَنْدَھکوں (gandhakõ)
vocative	گَنْدَھک (gandhak)	گَنْدَھکو (gandhako)

Synonyms

• کبریت (kibrīt)

References

• “گندھک”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “گندھک”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “گندھک”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.