کندھ
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Punjabi
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit कन्था (kanthā). Cognate with Saraiki کَدّھ (kaddh) / کَنْدھ (kandh), Sindhi ڪنڌ (kandh) and Bengali কাঁথ (kãth) / কাঁত (kãt).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: kándă IPA(key): /kə˦nd̪ᵊ/,
Noun
کَنْدھ • (kandh) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਕੰਧ)
- wall
- Synonym: دِیْوَار (dīvār)
- (figuratively) barrier
Declension
| Declension of کندھ | ||
|---|---|---|
| dir. sg. | کَنْدھ (kandh) | |
| dir. pl. | کَنْدھاں (kandhāṉ) | |
| singular | plural | |
| direct | کَنْدھ (kandh) | کَنْدھاں (kandhāṉ) |
| oblique | کَنْدھ (kandh) | کَنْدھاں (kandhāṉ) |
| vocative | کَنْدھے (kandhe) | کَنْدھو (kandho) |
| ablative | کَنْدھوں (kandhoṉ) | کَنْدھاں (kandhāṉ) |
| locative | کَنْدھی (kandhī) | کَنْدھِیں (kandhīṉ) |
| instrumental | کَنْدھِیں (kandhīṉ) | کَنْدھے (kandhe) |
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “کندھ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “کندھ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
- “کندھ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kanthā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 136
Saraiki
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit कन्था (kanthā). Cognate with Punjabi کَندّھ (kanddh).
Pronunciation
Noun
کَندھ (kandh) f