ठोड़ी
See also: ठंडा
Hindi
editEtymology
editInherited 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
editNoun
editठोड़ी • (ṭhoṛī) f (Urdu spelling ٹھوڑی)
Declension
editDeclension of ठोड़ी (fem ī-stem)
Related terms
editReferences
edit- 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