झंडा
Bhojpuri edit
Noun edit
झंडा (jhaṇḍā) m (Kaithi 𑂕𑂁𑂙𑂰)
Hindi edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀥𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀟 (*dhajjaṇḍa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit *ध्वजदण्ड (dhvajadaṇḍa, “flagstaff”),[1] from ध्वज (dhvaja) + दण्ड (daṇḍa). Compare Punjabi ਝੰਡਾ (jhaṇḍā), Nepali झण्डा (jhaṇḍā).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
झंडा • (jhaṇḍā) m (Urdu spelling جھنڈا)
Declension edit
Declension of झंडा (masc ā-stem)
Descendants edit
- Telugu: జెండా (jeṇḍā)
References edit
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*dhvajadaṇḍa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Further reading edit
- Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “झंडा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “झंडा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Bahri, Hardev (1989) “झंडा”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
- Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “झंडा”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House
- Platts, John T. (1884) “jhanḍā”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- “झंडा”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.