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Punjabi
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit दार्ढ्य (dā́rḍhya), from दृढ (dṛḍha). Cognate with Saraiki ݙاڈھا (ḏāḍhā), Kannada ಡಾಡ (ḍāḍa) and Marathi डाढा (ḍāḍhā).
Pronunciation
Adjective
ڈاڈھا • (ḍāḍhā) (feminine ڈاڈھی, Gurmukhi spelling ਡਾਢਾ)
- severe, gravely
- strict, impertinent
1986, سجاد حیدر [sjād ḥedr, Sajad Haidar], چونویں کہانی [Convīn̲ kahānī], Lahore: پاکستان پنجابی ادبی بورڈ [Pakistan Punjabi Adabi Board], →ISBN, →OCLC, page 218:البتہ اپݨے بھاڑے نے بارے اوہ ڈاڈھا حساب کتاب رکھنا ہیا۔- albatta apṇe bhāṛe ne bāre oh ḍāḍhā ḥisāb kitāb rakhnā hiya.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- oppressive
- strong, powerful
Declension
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ڈاڈھا (ḍāḍhā)
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ڈاڈھے (ḍāḍhe)
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ڈاڈھی (ḍāḍhī)
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ڈاڈھِیاں (ḍāḍhiyāṉ)
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ڈاڈھے (ḍāḍhe)
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ڈاڈھیاں (ḍāḍheyāṉ)
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ڈاڈھی (ḍāḍhī)
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ڈاڈھِیاں (ḍāḍhiyāṉ)
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Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “ڈاڈھا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- “ڈاڈھا”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dā́rḍhya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 361