سدھر

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀲𑀤𑁆𑀥𑀸 (saddhā), from Sanskrit श्रद्धा (śraddhā́).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: sáddar IPA^(key): /sə˦d̪.d̪əɾ/

Noun

سَدَّھر • (saddhar) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਸੱਧਰ)

1. desire, wish
   • 1986, Kanval Mushtaq, چونویں انشائیے [Chonven̲ inshāʼiye], Lahore, →OCLC, page 187:

     تے ساڈِیاں سدھراں ساڈے سینے وچ ای رَہ گئیاں

     te sāḍīyāṉ saddhrāṉ sāḍe sīne vicc ī rah gayīāṉ

     And our desires were left [forsaken] to our chests

2. longing

Declension

Declension of سدھر

	singular	plural
direct	سَدَّھر (saddahr)	سَدَّھراں (saddahrāṉ)
oblique	سَدَّھر (saddahr)	سَدَّھراں (saddahrāṉ)
vocative	سَدَّھرے (saddahre)	سَدَّھرو (saddahro)
ablative	سَدَّھروں (saddahroṉ)	—
locative	سَدَّھری (saddahrī)	سَدَّھرِیں (saddahrīṉ)
instrumental	سَدَّھرے (saddahre)	سَدَّھرِیں (saddahrīṉ)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “سدھّر”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]
• Bashir, Kanwal (2012), “سدھر”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
• “ਸੱਧਰ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “śraddhā́”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 735