گدھا
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Urdu
Alternative forms
- גַּדָּא (gadʱā) (Judeo-Urdu)
Etymology
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀕𑀟𑁆𑀟𑀳 (gaḍḍaha), 𑀕𑀤𑁆𑀤𑀳 (gaddaha), from Sanskrit गर्दभ (gardabha). Compare Saraiki گَڈّاں (gaḍḍāṉ) / ڳَݙّا (g̈aḏḏā) and Sindhi گَڏَھُ (gaḏahu).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɡə.d̪ʱɑː/
- Rhymes: -ɑː
- Hyphenation: گَ‧دھا
Noun
گَدھا • (gadhā) m (feminine گدھی, Hindi spelling गधा)
- donkey, ass
- Synonym: خر (xar)
- 1978, رَوشنی [rauśnī], page 154:
- حضور نے ایک بار دیکھا کہ کسی شخص نے ایک گدھے کا منہ داغا تھا بے چارے کی ناک سے مسلسل خون بہہ رہا تھا۔
- ḥuẓūr ne ayk bār dekhā kih kisī śaxṣ ne ayk gadhe kā muṉh dāġā thā be cāre kī nāk se masalsal xūn bah rahā thā.
- His highness once noticed a man who had stained his donkey's face, the poor 's nose was constantly bleeding.
- (figuratively) fool, ass
- Synonym: کھوتا (khotā)
Declension
| Declension of گدھا | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| direct | گدھا (gadhā) | گدھے (gadhe) |
| oblique | گدھے (gadhe) | گدھوں (gadhõ) |
| vocative | گدھے (gadhe) | گدھو (gadho) |
Adjective
گَدھا • (gadhā) (Hindi spelling गधा)
- (figuratively) a fool; ass
Declension
| Declension of گدھا | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| direct | گَدھا (gadhā) | گَدھے (gadhe) | گَدھی (gadhī) | گَدھی (gadhī) | |
| indirect | گَدھے (gadhe) | گَدھے (gadhe) | گَدھی (gadhī) | گَدھی (gadhī) | |
| vocative | گَدھے (gadhe) | گَدھے (gadhe) | گَدھی (gadhī) | گَدھی (gadhī) | |
Further reading
- “گدھا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “گدھا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “گدها”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “گدها”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 900
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “گدها”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 993
- John Shakespear (1834) “گدھا”, 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
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “gardabhá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press