गिद्ध

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀕𑀺𑀤𑁆𑀥 (giddha), from Sanskrit गृध्र (gṛdhra). Cognate with Gujarati ગીધ (gīdh), ગીધડું (gīdhḍũ), Marathi गिधाड (gidhāḍ), Nepali गिद्ध (giddha), Doublet of गृध्र (gŕdhra).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɡɪd̪d̪ʱ/, [ɡɪd̪(ː)ʱ]

Noun

गिद्ध • (giddh) m (Urdu spelling گِدّھ)

1. vulture

Declension

Declension of गिद्ध (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	गिद्ध giddh	गिद्ध giddh
oblique	गिद्ध giddh	गिद्धों giddhõ
vocative	गिद्ध giddh	गिद्धो giddho

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “गिद्ध”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “gŕ̊dhra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “गिद्ध”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• “گِدْھ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.

Nepali

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀕𑀺𑀤𑁆𑀥 (giddha), from Sanskrit गृध्र (gṛdhra). Cognate with Gujarati ગીધ (gīdh), ગીધડું (gīdhḍũ), Marathi गिधाड (gidhāḍ), Hindi गिद्ध (giddh).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡid̪̚d̪ʱʌ̤]
• Phonetic Devanagari: गिद्ध

Noun

गिद्ध • (giddha) m

1. vulture

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• giddha (Latin script)
• 𑀕𑀺𑀤𑁆𑀥 (Brahmi script)
• গিদ্ধ (Bengali script)
• ගිද‍්ධ (Sinhalese script)
• ဂိဒ္ဓ or ၷိၻ္ꩪ or ၷိၻ်ꩪ (Burmese script)
• คิทฺธ or คิทธะ (Thai script)
• ᨣᩥᨴ᩠ᨵ (Tai Tham script)
• ຄິທ຺ຘ or ຄິທຘະ (Lao script)
• គិទ្ធ (Khmer script)
• 𑄉𑄨𑄘𑄴𑄙 (Chakma script)

Adjective

गिद्ध

1. Devanagari script form of giddha

Prakrit

Noun

गिद्ध (giddha) m

1. Devanagari script form of 𑀕𑀺𑀤𑁆𑀥 (“vulture”)

Adjective

गिद्ध (giddha)

1. Devanagari script form of 𑀕𑀺𑀤𑁆𑀥 (“greedy”)