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Punjabi
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit , from Sanskrit ग्रामार्धिन् (grāmārdhin). By surface analysis, گَوانڈھ (“neighbourhood”) + ی (ī)
Pronunciation
- (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /ɡə.ʋä̃ː˦ɳ.ɖiː/, /ɡʊ.ʋä̃ː˦ɳ.ɖiː/, /ɡʊ.ä̃ː˦ɳ.ɖiː/
- Rhymes: -iː
- Hyphenation: گ‧واݨ‧ڈھی
- Hyphenation: گُو‧آݨ‧ڈھی
- Phonetic: gavā́ṇḍī, guvā́ṇḍī, guā́ṇḍī
Noun
گَوانڈھی or گُوَانڈھی • (transliteration needed or gūānḍhī) m (feminine گوانڈھݨ, Gurmukhi spelling ਗਵਾਂਢੀ or ਗੁਆਂਢੀ)
- neighbour
- Synonyms: پَڑوسی (paṛosī), ہَمْسایَہ (hamsāyah)
Declension
References
- “ਗੁਆਂਢੀ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “گوانڈھی”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “grāmārdha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press