ਢ

ਢ U+0A22, ਢ GURMUKHI LETTER DDHA ← ਡ [U+0A21] Gurmukhi ਣ → [U+0A23]

Translingual

Glyph origin

From the Sharada letter 𑆞 (ḍha), itself from the Brahmi letter 𑀠 (ḍha).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʈə̀/

Letter

ਢ

1. Gurmukhi letter ਢੱਢਾ (ḍhaḍā)
   • Guru Granth Sahib, Guru Arjan, translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa, ang 256:

     ਢਢਾ ਢੂਢਤ ਕਹ ਫਿਰਹੁ ਢੂਢਨੁ ਇਆ ਮਨ ਮਾਹਿ

     ḍhaḍhā ḍhūḍhat kah phirhu ḍhūḍhan eā man māhe

     Dhadha: Where are you going, wandering and searching? Search instead within your own mind.

Punjabi

Alternative forms

• Shahmukhi letter: ڈھ (ḍh)

Pronunciation

• (letter name):IPA^(key): /ʈə̀ɖ.ɖäː/, /ɖʱəɖ.ɖʱäː/
• (phoneme, standard):IPA^(key): /ʈ◌̀/, /◌́ɖ/
• (phoneme, dialectal):IPA^(key): /ɖʱ/

Letter

ਢ • (ṭàḍḍā)

1. The nineteenth consonant in Punjabi.

See also

• Gurmukhi script letters: ੳ, ਅ, ੲ, ਸ, ਹ, ਕ, ਖ, ਗ, ਘ, ਙ, ਚ, ਛ, ਜ, ਝ, ਞ, ਟ, ਠ, ਡ, ਢ, ਣ, ਤ, ਥ, ਦ, ਧ, ਨ, ਪ, ਫ, ਬ, ਭ, ਮ, ਯ, ਰ, ਲ, ਵ, ੜ, ਸ਼, ਖ਼, ਗ਼, ਜ਼, ਫ਼, ਲ਼, ਕ਼ ^[edit]

• Gurmukhi script vowels: ਅ, ਆ, ਇ, ਈ, ਉ, ਊ, ਏ, ਐ, ਓ, ਔ ^[edit]

• Gurmukhi script diacritics: ਾ, ਿ, ੀ, ੁ, ੂ, ੇ, ੈ, ੋ, ੌ, ਂ, ੰ, ੱ ^[edit]

References

• “ਢ”, in Punjabipedia [ਪੰਜਾਬੀਪੀਡੀਆ] (in Punjabi), Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025