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Hindi
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit गोण्ड (goṇḍa, “Gond people”).
Pronunciation
Noun
गुंडा • (guṇḍā) m (Urdu spelling غنڈہ)
- hooligan, hoodlum
- Synonyms: बदमाश (badmāś), दुष्ट (duṣṭ)
पुलिस ने सब गुंडों को पकड़ लिया।- pulis ne sab guṇḍõ ko pakaṛ liyā.
- The police rounded up all the hoodlums.
Declension
Declension of गुंडा (masc ā-stem)
Descendants
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “गुंडा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Bahri, Hardev (1989) “गुंडा”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “gōṇḍa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press