گدھی
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Urdu[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Feminine of گَدھا (gadhā, “donkey”), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀕𑀟𑁆𑀟𑀳 (gaḍḍaha), 𑀕𑀤𑁆𑀤𑀳 (gaddaha), from Sanskrit गर्दभ (gardabha).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɡə.d̪ʱiː/
- Rhymes: -iː
- Hyphenation: گَ‧دھی
Noun[edit]
گَدھی • (gadhī) f (Hindi spelling गधी)
Declension[edit]
Declension of گدھی | ||
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singular | plural | |
direct | گَدھی (gadhī) | گَدھیاں (gadhiyā̃) |
oblique | گَدھی (gadhī) | گَدھیوں (gadhiyō̃) |
vocative | گَدھی (gadhī) | گَدھیو (gadhiyō) |
Adjective[edit]
گَدھی • (gadhī) (Hindi spelling गधी)
- (figuratively) a fool; she-ass – feminine of گَدھا (gadhā)
Declension[edit]
Declension of گدھی | |||||
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masculine | feminine | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
direct | گَدھا (gadhā) | گَدھے (gadhe) | گَدھی (gadhī) | گَدھی (gadhī) | |
indirect | گَدھے (gadhe) | گَدھے (gadhe) | گَدھی (gadhī) | گَدھی (gadhī) | |
vocative | گَدھے (gadhe) | گَدھے (gadhe) | گَدھی (gadhī) | گَدھی (gadhī) |
Further reading[edit]
- “گدھی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “گدھی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “گدھی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “gardabhá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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