گیدڑ
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Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Prakrit *𑀕𑀺𑀤𑁆𑀤 (*gidda, “jackal”) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀟- (-ḍa-).[1] Cognate with Bengali গিধড় (gidhoṛ), Punjabi ਗਿੱਦੜ (giddaṛ) / گِدَّڑ (giddaṛ) and Sindhi گِدَڙُ (gidaṛu).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɡiː.d̪əɽ/
- Rhymes: -əɽ
- Hyphenation: گِی‧دَڑ
Noun
[edit]گِیدَڑ • (gīdaṛ) m (feminine گِیدْڑی (gīdṛī), Hindi spelling गीदड़)
- (zoology) jackal
- Synonym: سِیار (siyār)
- (figurative) coward
Declension
[edit]| Declension of گیدڑ | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| direct | گِیدَڑ (gīdaṛ) | گِیدَڑ (gīdaṛ) |
| oblique | گِیدَڑ (gīdaṛ) | گِیدَڑوں (gīdaṛō̃) |
| vocative | گِیدَڑ (gīdaṛ) | گِیدَڑو (gīdaṛō) |
References
[edit]- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “gidda”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 222
Further reading
[edit]- “گیدڑ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “گیدڑ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “گيدڑ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Platts, John T. (1884) “گيدڙ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- John Shakespear (1834) “گیدڑ”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
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