कूड़ा

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀓𑀽𑀟 (kūḍa), from Sanskrit कूट (kūṭa).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /kuː.ɽɑː/, [kuː.ɽäː]

Noun

कूड़ा • (kūṛā) m (Urdu spelling کُوڑا)

1. trash, garbage, rubbish

   घर में इतना सारा कूड़ा किसने बिखराया?

   ghar mẽ itnā sārā kūṛā kisne bikhrāyā?

   Who strewed all this trash around the house?

2. refuse, debris

Declension

Declension of कूड़ा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	कूड़ा kūṛā	कूड़े kūṛe
oblique	कूड़े kūṛe	कूड़ों kūṛõ
vocative	कूड़े kūṛe	कूड़ो kūṛo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कूड़ा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 208
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kūṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press