کھنڈر

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Urdu

FWOTD – 2 August 2024

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit खण्डघर (khaṇḍaghara).[1] Equivalent to کَھنْڈ (khanḍ, “fragment”) +‎ ـر (-ar), from Sanskrit खण्ड (khaṇḍá).[2][3]

Pronunciation

Adjective

کَھنْڈَر • (khanḍar) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling खंडर)

  1. in ruins, dilapidated
    • 1984, Intizar Hussain, زمین اور فلک اور [Land and Sky and]‎, →OCLC, page 101:
      مگر اندر قدم رکھو تو سب کھنڈر نظر آئے گا۔ در و بام میں سے اب کچھ سلامت نہیں ہے۔
      magar andar qadam rakho to sab khanḍar nazar āe gā. dar o bām mẽ se ab kuch salāmat nahī̃ hai.
      But if you step inside, you will see everything in ruins. Nothing inside is no longer safe or sound.
  2. ancient

Noun

کَھنْڈَر • (khanḍar) m (formal plural کَھنْڈَرات (khanḍarāt), Hindi spelling खंडर)

  1. ruin (ie. ruins of a building)
    Synonyms: وِیرَانَہ (vīrāna), خَرَابَہ (xarāba)
  2. (by extension, figuratively, derogatory) a house
    • 1917, Rashid ul Khairi, شامِ زندگی [Evening of Life]‎, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 14:
      اور خود جس کے آگے چار چار نوکر تھے، وہ ایک کھنڈر میں زندگی بسر کر رہی ہیں۔
      aur xod jis ke āge cār cār naukar the, vo ek khanḍar mẽ zindagī basar kar rahī ha͠i.
      And the one who was accompanied by several servants, is herself living in a ruin.
  3. ruins; or the signs of a ruin (ie. giant ruins of a town)
  4. (agriculture) barren-land
  5. (obsolete) pit; hole; lair[4]

Declension

Declension of کھنڈر
singular plural
direct کَھنْڈَر (khanḍar) کَھنْڈَر (khanḍar)
oblique کَھنْڈَر (khanḍar) کَھنْڈَروں (khanḍarõ)
vocative کَھنْڈَر (khanḍar) کَھنْڈَرو (khanḍaro)

References

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “khaṇḍaghara”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 199
  2. ^ “کھنڈر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  3. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “khaṇḍá¹”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 199
  4. ^ Platts, John T. (1884) “کهنڐر”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 881

Further reading

More information
  • “کھنڈر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “کهنڈر”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 510
  • S. W. Fallon (1879) “کهندَر”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 973
  • John Shakespear (1834) “کهنڐر”, 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
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