کڑی

Pahari-Potwari

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Dravidian *kōẓ-der.?

Proto-Middle Indo-Aryan *𑀓𑀼𑀟 (*kuḍa)

Pahari-Potwari کڑی

Inherited from Proto-Middle Indo-Aryan *𑀓𑀼𑀟 (*kuḍa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-).

Noun

کُڑی (kuṛī) f

1. girl

Punjabi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Dravidian *kōẓ-der.?

Proto-Middle Indo-Aryan *𑀓𑀼𑀟 (*kuḍa)

Punjabi کڑی

Inherited from Proto-Middle Indo-Aryan *𑀓𑀼𑀟 (*kuḍa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /kʊ.ɽiː/

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• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

کُڑی • (kuṛī) f (male equivalent کُڑا, Gurmukhi spelling ਕੁੜੀ)

1. girl

   Synonyms: بالْڑی (bālṛī), چھوہَر (chohar)

2. (by extension) virgin; bride

Declension

Declension of کڑی

	singular	plural
direct	کُڑی (kuṛī)	کُڑِیاں (kuṛīyāṉ)
oblique	کُڑی (kuṛī)	کُڑِیاں (kuṛīyāṉ)
vocative	کُڑئِیے (kuṛ'iye)	کُڑِیو (kuṛīv)
ablative	کُڑِیوں (kuṛīvṉ)	—
locative	کُڑے (kuṛe)	کُڑِیں (kuṛīṉ)
instrumental	—	—

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “کُڑی”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]
• “ਕੁੜੀ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “kuḍa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 167