ہانڈی
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Urdu
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Hindi هانڐي (hanḍy) (c. 1621),[1] from Sanskrit हण्ड (haṇḍa).[2] Cognate with Malvi हाँड़ी (hā̃ṛī), Bengali হাঁড়ী (hā̃ṛī), Marathi हंडा (haṇḍā).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɦɑːn.ɖiː/
- Rhymes: -iː
- Hyphenation: ہَان‧ڈی
Noun
ہَانْڈی • (hānḍī) f (Hindi spelling हांडी)
- A vessel or container.
- (cooking) A handi, a type of cooking pot typically made of earthenware or metal.
- (by extension) A dish such as a dal or curry.
Declension
| Declension of ہانڈی | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| direct | ہَانْڈی (hānḍī) | ہَانْڈِیاں (hānḍiyā̃) |
| oblique | ہَانْڈی (hānḍī) | ہَانْڈِیوں (hānḍiyō̃) |
| vocative | ہَانْڈی (hānḍī) | ہَانْڈِیو (hānḍiyō) |
References
- ^ “ہانڈی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*hāṇḍa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Further Reading
More information
- “ہانڈی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “ہانڈی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “ہانڈی”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.