गधा

See also: गंध and गांधी

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Sanskrit गर्दभ (gardabha)

Prakrit 𑀕𑀤𑁆𑀤𑀳 (gaddaha)

Hindi गधा

गधा • (gadhā) (Urdu spelling گَدھا)

गधा • (gadhā) m (female equivalent गधी, Urdu spelling گدھا)

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “gardabhá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “गधा”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 1228
McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “गधा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 254
Bahri, Hardev (1989), “गधा”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 144.

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Sanskrit गर्दभ (gardabha)

Prakrit 𑀕𑀤𑁆𑀤𑀳 (gaddaha)

Nepali गधा

IPA^(key): [ɡʌd̪ä]

गधा • (gadhā)

Declension of गधा
	Singular	Plural
nominative	गधा [ɡʌd̪ʱä]	गधाहरू [ɡʌd̪ʱä̤ːɾu]
accusative/dative	गधालाई [ɡʌd̪ʱäläi]	गधाहरूलाई [ɡʌd̪ʱä̤ːɾuläi]
instrumental/ergative	गधाले [ɡʌd̪ʱäle]	गधाहरूले [ɡʌd̪ʱä̤ːɾule]
ablative	गधाबाट [ɡʌd̪ʱäbäʈʌ]	गधाहरूबाट [ɡʌd̪ʱä̤ːɾubäʈʌ]
genitive	गधाको [ɡʌd̪ʱäko]	गधाहरूको [ɡʌd̪ʱä̤ːɾuko]
locative	गधामा [ɡʌd̪ʱämä]	गधाहरूमा [ɡʌd̪ʱä̤ːɾumä]

Notes: -को (-ko) becomes: -का (-kā) when followed by a plural noun. -की (-kī) when followed by a feminine noun.

Schmidt, Ruth L. (1993), “गधा”, in A Practical Dictionary of Modern Nepali, Ratna Sagar, page 142
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “gardabhá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press