توند

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit *तोंद (toṃda), तुंद n (tuṃda), from Sanskrit तुन्द n (tunda).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪oːnd̪/

Noun

تونْد • (tond) f (Hindi spelling तोंद)

1. a pot-belly, paunch, large belly

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “tundá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• “توند”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.