गिद्ध

Hindi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɡɪd̪d̪ʱ/, [ɡɪd̪(ː)ʱ]

Noun

गिद्ध • (giddh) m (Urdu spelling گِدّھ)

1. vulture

Declension

Declension of गिद्ध (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	गिद्ध giddh	गिद्ध giddh
oblique	गिद्ध giddh	गिद्धों giddhõ
vocative	गिद्ध giddh	गिद्धो giddho

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “गिद्ध”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “gŕ̊dhra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “गिद्ध”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• “گِدْھ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• giddha (Latin script)
• 𑀕𑀺𑀤𑁆𑀥 (Brahmi script)
• গিদ্ধ (Bengali script)
• ගිද‍්ධ (Sinhalese script)
• ဂိဒ္ဓ or ၷိၻ္ꩪ or ၷိၻ်ꩪ (Burmese script)
• คิทฺธ or คิทธะ (Thai script)
• ᨣᩥᨴ᩠ᨵ (Tai Tham script)
• ຄິທ຺ຘ or ຄິທຘະ (Lao script)
• គិទ្ធ (Khmer script)
• 𑄉𑄨𑄘𑄴𑄙 (Chakma script)

Adjective

गिद्ध

1. Devanagari script form of giddha

Prakrit

Noun

गिद्ध (giddha) m

1. Devanagari script form of 𑀕𑀺𑀤𑁆𑀥 (“vulture”)

Adjective

गिद्ध (giddha)

1. Devanagari script form of 𑀕𑀺𑀤𑁆𑀥 (“greedy”)