گیدڑ
Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word گیدڑ. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word گیدڑ, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say گیدڑ in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word گیدڑ you have here. The definition of the word گیدڑ will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofگیدڑ, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
Urdu
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit *𑀕𑀺𑀤𑁆𑀤 (*gidda, “jackal”) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀟- (-ḍa-).[1] Cognate with Bengali গিধড় (gidhoṛ), Punjabi ਗਿੱਦੜ (giddaṛ) / گِدَّڑ (giddaṛ) and Sindhi گِدَڙُ (gidaṛu).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɡiː.d̪əɽ/
- Rhymes: -əɽ
- Hyphenation: گِی‧دَڑ
Noun
گِیدَڑ • (gīdaṛ) m (feminine گِیدْڑی (gīdṛī), Hindi spelling गीदड़)
- (zoology) jackal
- Synonym: سِیار (siyār)
- (figurative) coward
Declension
| Declension of گیدڑ | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||||||
| direct | گِیدَڑ (gīdaṛ) | گِیدَڑ (gīdaṛ) | ||||||
| oblique | گِیدَڑ (gīdaṛ) | گِیدَڑوں (gīdaṛõ) | ||||||
| vocative | گِیدَڑ (gīdaṛ) | گِیدَڑو (gīdaṛo) | ||||||
References
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “gidda”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 222
Further reading
- “گیدڑ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “گیدڑ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “گيدڑ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “گيدڙ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- John Shakespear (1834) “گیدڑ”, 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
- The template Template:R:Fallon does not use the parameter(s):
1=گيدرَ
Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.S. W. Fallon (1879) “گیدڑ”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.