माँदा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian مانده (mānda, “tired”), past participle of ماندن (māndan), from Middle Persian KTLWNtn' (māndan), KTLWN (mān-), from Old Persian, from Proto-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to stay, stand still”). Cognate to Gujarati માંદું (mā̃dũ).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /mɑ̃ː.d̪ɑː/, [mä̃ː.d̪äː]

Adjective

माँदा • (mā̃dā) (Urdu spelling مان٘دَہ)

1. ill, sick

   Synonym: बीमार (bīmār)

2. exhausted

   Synonym: थका (thakā)

   थका-माँदा ― thakā-mā̃dā ― extremely exhausted

Declension

Declension of माँदा (ā-stem)

	masculine		feminine
	singular	plural	singular	plural
direct	माँदा mā̃dā	माँदे mā̃de	माँदी mā̃dī	माँदी mā̃dī
oblique	माँदे mā̃de	माँदे mā̃de	माँदी mā̃dī	माँदी mā̃dī
vocative	माँदे mā̃de	माँदे mā̃de	माँदी mā̃dī	माँदी mā̃dī

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “माँदा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press