بڈھا

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀯𑀼𑀠 (vuḍha /⁠vuḍḍha⁠/).

Noun

بُڈّھا • (búḍḍā) m (female equivalent بُڈّھی, Gurmukhi spelling ਬੁੱਢਾ)

1. old man, geezer
2. (by extension) [one's] dad

Declension

Declension of بڈھا

	singular	plural
direct	بُڈّھا (buḍḍhā)	بُڈّھے (buḍḍhe)
oblique	بُڈّھے (buḍḍhe)	بُڈّھیاں (buḍḍheyāṉ)
vocative	بُڈّھیا (buḍḍheyā)	بُڈّھیو (buḍḍheyo)
ablative	بُڈّھیوں (buḍḍheyoṉ)	—
locative	بُڈّھے (buḍḍhe)	بُڈّھِیں (buḍḍhīṉ)
instrumental	بُڈّھے (buḍḍhe)	بُڈّھِیں (buḍḍhīṉ)

Adjective

بُڈّھا • (buḍḍhā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਬੁੱਢਾ)

1. old-aged
2. weak, feeble
3. old (item)

Declension

Declension of بڈھا

	masculine			feminine
	singular	plural		singular	plural
direct	بُڈّھا (búḍḍā)	بُڈّھے (búḍḍe)		بُڈّھی (búḍḍī)	بُڈّھِیاں (búḍḍiyāṉ)
oblique	بُڈّھے (búḍḍe)	بُڈّھیاں (búḍḍeyāṉ)		بُڈّھی (búḍḍī)	بُڈّھِیاں (búḍḍiyāṉ)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “بُڈھّا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]
• “ਬੁੱਢਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “buḍḍha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 524