غنڈہ

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Urdu

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀕𑁄𑀁𑀟 / गोंड / ಗೋಂಡ (goṃḍa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit गोण्ड (goṇḍa, “Gond”).

Pronunciation

Noun

غُنْڈَہ • (ġunḍah) m (Hindi spelling गुंडा)

  1. goon, hooligan
    Synonym: بَدْمَعاش (badmaʻāś)

Declension

Declension of غنڈہ
singular plural
direct غُنْڈَہ (ġunḍah) غُنْڈے (ġunḍe)
oblique غُنْڈے (ġunḍe) غُنْڈوں (ġunḍõ)
vocative غُنْڈے (ġunḍe) غُنْڈو (ġunḍo)

Descendants

  • → English: goonda

References

  • “غنڈا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “غنڐه”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 773
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “غنڈه”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 446
  • “غنڈہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • John Shakespear (1834) “غنڐه”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “gōṇḍa1”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 229
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