موڈھا
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Punjabi
Etymology
From Sanskrit *मौर्धक (maurdhaka). Cognate with Saraiki مونْڈھا (monḍhā).
Pronunciation
Noun
موڈھا • (moḍhā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਮੋਢਾ)
Declension
| Declension of موڈھا | ||
|---|---|---|
| dir. sg. | موڈھا (moḍhā) | |
| dir. pl. | موڈھے (moḍhe) | |
| singular | plural | |
| direct | موڈھا (moḍhā) | موڈھے (moḍhe) |
| oblique | موڈھے (moḍhe) | موڈھیْاں (moḍhiyāṉ) |
| vocative | موڈھیْا (moḍhiyā) | موڈھیو (moḍheyo) |
| ablative | موڈھیوں (moḍheyoṉ) | موڈھیْاں (moḍhiyāṉ) |
| locative | – | موڈھِیں (moḍhīṉ) |
| instrumental | موڈھے (moḍhe) | – |
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “موڈھا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “موڈھا”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
- “ਮੋਢਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*maurdhaka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press