موڈھا

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Etymology

From Sanskrit *मौर्धक (maurdhaka). Cognate with Saraiki مونْڈھا (monḍhā).

Pronunciation

Noun

موڈھا (moḍhām (Gurmukhi spelling ਮੋਢਾ)

  1. (anatomy) shoulder
    • 2018, “لَہَور تیرے تے ”, in جَوانی پِھر نَہِیں آنی , performed by Waqar Ehsin, Mehak Ali:
      تُریْا تُریْا جانْدا، تیرے موڈھے تے بَنْدُوق وے
      کِھچّ کے نَہ مارِیں، ساڈی زِنْدَڑی مَلُوک وے
      turiyā turiyā jāndā, tere moḍhe te bandūq ve
      khicc ke nah mārīṉ, sāḍī zindaṛī malūk ve
      Wandering around with a gun on your shoulders
      Don't be haste in wounding me, I'm delicate you see
  2. shoulder (of a garment)

Declension

Declension of موڈھا
singular plural
direct موڈھا (moḍhā) موڈھے (moḍhe)
oblique موڈھے (moḍhe) موڈھیْاں (moḍhiyāṉ)
vocative موڈھیْا (moḍhiyā) موڈھیو (moḍheyo)
ablative موڈھیوں (moḍheyoṉ) موڈھیْاں (moḍhiyāṉ)
locative موڈھِیں (moḍhīṉ)
instrumental موڈھے (moḍhe)

Verb

موڈھا دیݨا (moḍhā deṇā) (transitive, Gurmukhi spelling ਮੋਢਾ ਦੇਣਾ)

  1. to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder
  2. (figuratively) to support

Further reading

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “موڈھا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “موڈھا”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
  • ਮੋਢਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*maurdhaka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press