الہڑ

Punjabi

Alternative forms

• اَلَّھڑ (állaṛ)

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit *𑀅𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀟 (*allaḍa). Cognate with Urdu اَلْہَڑ (alhaṛ) / Hindi अल्हड़ (alhaṛ), Sindhi اَلَڙُ (alaṛu), Marathi अल्लड (allaḍ), Gujarati અલ્લડ (allaḍ) and Nepali अल्लड (allaḍ) / अल्लढ (allaḍh).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: állaṛă IPA^(key): /ə˦l.ləɽᵊ/, [ɐ˦l.ləɽᵊ]

Adjective

اَلّہَڑ • (állaṛ) (indeclinable, Gurmukhi spelling ਅੱਲ੍ਹੜ)

1. naive; young; adolescent (of a girl)
2. inexperienced; immature (of a girl)

Noun

اَلّہَڑ • (állaṛ) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਅੱਲ੍ਹੜ)

1. a young; naive; adolescent female
2. (slang, in vocative) baby; babe; darling; girl

Declension

Declension of الہڑ

	singular	plural
direct	اَلّہَڑ (allhaṛ)	اَلّہَڑاں (allhaṛāṉ)
oblique	اَلّہَڑ (allhaṛ)	اَلّہَڑاں (allhaṛāṉ)
vocative	اَلّہَڑے (allhaṛe)	اَلّہَڑو (allhaṛo)
ablative	اَلّہَڑوں (allhaṛoṉ)	—
locative	اَلّہَڑی (allhaṛī)	اَلّہَڑِیں (allhaṛīṉ)
instrumental	اَلّہَڑے (allhaṛe)	اَلّہَڑِیں (allhaṛīṉ)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “الہڑ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]
• “ਅੱਲ੍ਹੜ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “*allaḍa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press