ودھر

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀯𑀤𑁆𑀥 (vaddha), from Sanskrit व्र्ध्र (várdhra).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: váddar IPA^(key): /ʋə˦d̪.d̪əɾ/, [ʋɐ˦d̪.d̪əɾᵊ]

Noun

ودَّھر • (vaddhar) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਵੱਧਰ)

1. a thin rope or strap of leather

Declension

Declension of ودھر

	singular	plural
direct	وَدَّھر (vaddahr)	وَدَّھراں (vaddahrāṉ)
oblique	وَدَّھر (vaddahr)	وَدَّھراں (vaddahrāṉ)
vocative	وَدَّھرے (vaddahre)	وَدَّھرو (vaddahro)
ablative	وَدَّھروں (vaddahroṉ)	—
locative	وَدَّھری (vaddahrī)	وَدَّھرِیں (vaddahrīṉ)
instrumental	وَدَّھرے (vaddahre)	وَدَّھرِیں (vaddahrīṉ)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “ودھَر”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]
• “ਵੱਧਰ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “várdhra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 664