गुंडा

See also: गैंडा and گنڈا

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit गोण्ड (goṇḍa, “Gond people”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɡʊɳ.ɖɑː/, [ɡʊ̃ɳ.ɖäː]

Noun

गुंडा • (guṇḍā) m (Urdu spelling غنڈہ)

1. hooligan, hoodlum

   Synonyms: बदमाश (badmāś), दुष्ट (duṣṭ)

   पुलिस ने सब गुंडों को पकड़ लिया।

   pulis ne sab guṇḍõ ko pakaṛ liyā.

   The police rounded up all the hoodlums.

Declension

Declension of गुंडा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	गुंडा guṇḍā	गुंडे guṇḍe
oblique	गुंडे guṇḍe	गुंडों guṇḍõ
vocative	गुंडे guṇḍe	गुंडो guṇḍo

Descendants

• English: goonda, gunda, goonta
• Malayalam: ഗുണ്ട (guṇṭa)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “गुंडा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Bahri, Hardev (1989) “गुंडा”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “gōṇḍa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press