گوانڈھ
Punjabi edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Prakrit [script needed] (gāmaddha), from Sanskrit ग्रामार्ध (grāmārdha, “vicinity of village”), compound of ग्राम (grā́ma, “village”) + अर्ध (árdha, “half; side; place”). Compare Saraiki گَوان٘ڈھ / گَواڈھ and Marathi गांवधें (gāuvdhẽ).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: gavā́ṇḍă, guv–, gu– IPA(key): /ɡə.ʋä̃ː˦ɳɖə̆/, /ɡʊ.ʋä̃ː˦ɳɖə̆/, /ɡʊ.ä̃ː˦ɳɖə̆/
- Hyphenation: گ‧واݨڈھ
- Hyphenation: گُو‧آݨڈھ
Noun edit
گَوانڈھ or گُوَانڈھ • (transliteration needed or gūānḍh) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਗਵਾਂਢ or ਗੁਆਂਢ)
- neighbourhood (covering the immediate vicinity)
- 1977, تَنْوِیر بُخاری [tanvīr buxārī], پنجاب ميں پيدائش اور موت كى رسميں [The customs on the occasions of birth and death in Punjab], →OCLC, page 110:
- جے برادری نہ ہووے تاں گلی محلّے یا اَڈّ گوانڈھ چوں لوکی واری واری روٹی پکاؤندے نیں تے کَوڑا وَٹّا دیندے نیں۔
- je barādarī na hove tāṉ galī maḥalle ya aḍḍ gavānḍh coṉ lokī vārī vārī roṭī pakā'onde neṉ te kauṛā vaṭṭā dende neṉ.
- If [such] one does not relate to any community (clan), then the [people residing in the] street or area or the neighbourhood take it in turn to bake and offer food in condolence.
Declension edit
| Declension of گوانڈھ | ||
|---|---|---|
| dir. sg. | گُوَانڈھ (gūānḍh) | |
| dir. pl. | گُوَانڈھ (gūānḍh) | |
| singular | plural | |
| direct | گُوَانڈھ (gūānḍh) | گُوَانڈھ (gūānḍh) |
| oblique | گُوَانڈھ (gūānḍh) | گُوَانڈھاں (gūānḍhāṉ) |
| vocative | گُوَانڈھا (gūānḍhā) | گُوَانڈھو (gūānḍho) |
| ablative | گُوَانڈھوں (gūānḍhoṉ) | — |
| locative | گُوَانڈھے (gūānḍhe) | گُوَانڈھِیں (gūānḍhīṉ) |
| instrumental | گُوَانڈھے (gūānḍhe) | گُوَانڈھِیں (gūānḍhīṉ) |
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “گوانڈھ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- “گوانڈھ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “grāmārdha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press