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Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian گَنْدَه (ganda). First attested in c. 1679 as Middle Hindi گندہ (gndh /ganda/).[1]
Pronunciation
Adjective
گَنْدَہ • (ganda) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling गंदा)
- dirty, filthy
- Antonym: صاف (sāf)
- unclean
- impure
- untidy
- obscene, indecent
- vile, wicked
References
- ^ “گندہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
Further reading
- “گندہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “گنده”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]
Ushojo
Etymology
From Urdu گندہ (gandah).
Adjective
گندہ (gandah)
- dirty, filthy
- vile, wicked
- Synonym: خسا (xasā)