ठोड़ी

See also: ठंडा

Hindi

Alternative forms

• ठुड्डी (ṭhuḍḍī)

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀞𑁄𑀟𑁆𑀟 (*ṭhoḍḍa), one of several variants of Sanskrit तुण्ड (tuṇḍa, “beak, trunk, snout”), certainly non-Indo-Aryan and probably from Munda. Compare ठुड्डी (ṭhuḍḍī), टोटी (ṭoṭī), टोंटी (ṭõṭī),

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʈʰoː.ɽiː/

Noun

ठोड़ी • (ṭhoṛī) f (Urdu spelling ٹھوڑی)

1. chin

   Synonym: चिबुक (cibuk)

Declension

Declension of ठोड़ी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	ठोड़ी ṭhoṛī	ठोड़ियाँ ṭhoṛiyā̃
oblique	ठोड़ी ṭhoṛī	ठोड़ियों ṭhoṛiyõ
vocative	ठोड़ी ṭhoṛī	ठोड़ियो ṭhoṛiyo

Related terms

• टोंट (ṭõṭ)
• टोंटी (ṭõṭī)
• टोटी (ṭoṭī)
• ठुड्डी (ṭhuḍḍī)
• थूथन (thūthan)
• थूथनी (thūthnī)

 

References

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