टिड्डा

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit तिड्ड (tiḍḍa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-) without cluster simplification, of uncertain and perhaps Munda origin. Cognate with Gujarati તીડ (tīḍ), Punjabi ਟਿੱਡਾ (ṭiḍḍā), Pahari-Potwari تْرِڈّا (triḍḍā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʈɪɖ.ɖɑː/, [ʈɪɖ̚.ɖäː]

Noun

टिड्डा • (ṭiḍḍā) m (female equivalent टिड्डी, Urdu spelling ٹڈا)

1. cricket, grig
2. grasshopper, locust

   Synonyms: टिड्डी (ṭiḍḍī), टीड़ी (ṭīṛī)

Declension

Declension of टिड्डा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	टिड्डा ṭiḍḍā	टिड्डे ṭiḍḍe
oblique	टिड्डे ṭiḍḍe	टिड्डों ṭiḍḍõ
vocative	टिड्डे ṭiḍḍe	टिड्डो ṭiḍḍo

References

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “triḍḍa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press