गद्दा

Hindi

Etymology

Compare Sanskrit गर्त (gárta), Marathi गादी (gādī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɡəd̪.d̪ɑː/, [ɡɐd̪̚.d̪äː]

Noun

गद्दा • (gaddā) m (female equivalent गद्दी, Urdu spelling گَدَّا)

1. mattress

Declension

Declension of गद्दा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	गद्दा gaddā	गद्दे gadde
oblique	गद्दे gadde	गद्दों gaddõ
vocative	गद्दे gadde	गद्दो gaddo

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “गद्दा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “*garda²”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press