खंडहर
Hindi
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editInherited from Sanskrit *खण्डघर (khaṇḍaghara), from खण्ड (khaṇḍa, “broken, having chasms”) + *घर (ghara, “house”). Compare Punjabi ਖੰਢਰ (khaṇḍhar).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editखंडहर • (khaṇḍhar) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling کَھنْڈَھر)
Noun
editखंडहर • (khaṇḍhar) m (Urdu spelling کَھنْڈَھر)
- a ruin (remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction)
- a dilapidated building
- (usually in the plural) a mass of ruins (e.g., of a village or town)
- (obsolete) broken or raviny ground
- (obsolete) chasm, hole, gap, abyss
Declension
editDeclension of खंडहर (masc cons-stem)
References
edit- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “khaṇḍaghara”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 199
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “खंडहर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 224
- Platts, John T. (1884) “کهنڐر”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 881