ہڈی

Urdu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁

Proto-Indo-Iranian *HástʰH

Sanskrit अस्थि॑ (ásthi)?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr

Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰŕ̥d-

Sanskrit हृद् (hṛd)vṛd.

Sanskrit हार्द॑ (hā́rda)?

Prakrit 𑀳𑀟𑁆𑀟 (haḍḍa)

Urdu ہَڈّی

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀳𑀟𑁆𑀟 (haḍḍa) (see there for more) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-), or directly borrowed from Sanskrit हड्ड (haḍḍa). By surface analysis, ہَڈّا (haḍḍā) +‎ ـی (-ī). Cognate with Punjabi ہَڈّی (haḍḍī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɦəɖː.iː/

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• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

ہَڈّی • (haḍḍī) f (Hindi spelling हड्डी)

1. bone

Declension

Declension of ہڈی

	singular	plural
direct	ہڈی (haḍḍī)	ہڈِیاں (haḍḍiyā̃)
oblique	ہڈی (haḍḍī)	ہڈِیوں (haḍḍiyō̃)
vocative	ہڈی (haḍḍī)	ہڈِیو (haḍḍiyō)

Descendants

• → Pashto: هډيَ (“bone-spavin in horses”)

References

• “ہڈی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “ہڈی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.