ठुड्डी
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Hindi
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀞𑀼𑀟𑁆𑀟 (*ṭhuḍḍa), one of several variants of Sanskrit तुण्ड (tuṇḍa, “beak, trunk, snout”), certainly non-Indo-Aryan and probably from Munda. Compare ठोड़ी (ṭhoṛī), टोटी (ṭoṭī), टोंटी (ṭõṭī),
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ठुड्डी • (ṭhuḍḍī) f (Urdu spelling ٹھڈی)
Declension
[edit]Declension of ठुड्डी (fem ī-stem)
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “tunda”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ठुड्डी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press