थोड़ा

See also: थोड़ी and थोडे

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Hindi थोडा (thoḍā), from Prakrit थोअ (thoa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀟- (-ḍa-) + -𑀓- (-ka-), from older थोव (thova), थोग (thoga), थोक (thoka), from Sanskrit स्तो॒क (stoká, “a drop”). Cognate with Punjabi ਥੋੜਾ (thoṛā), Gujarati થોડું (thoḍũ), Marathi थोडे (thoḍe), Bengali থোড়া (thōṛa), Sylheti ꠕꠥꠠꠣ (túṛa).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /t̪ʰoː.ɽɑː/, [t̪ʰoː.ɽäː]

• Audio (Delhi):

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Adjective

थोड़ा • (thoṛā) (Urdu spelling تھوڑا)

1. some, a little; small (amount of)

   Synonyms: अल्प (alp), तनिक (tanik)

   मुझे बस थोड़ी चाय चाहिए। ― mujhe bas thoṛī cāy cāhie. ― I just want some tea.

Adverb

थोड़ा • (thoṛā) (Urdu spelling تھوڑا)

1. emphasised negation; not the case

   वो मुझे थोड़ी चाहिए।

   vo mujhe thoṛī cāhie.

   It is not me who wants that. / It is not the case that I want that.

   मैंने लिखने थोड़ी बोला।

   ma͠ine likhne thoṛī bolā.

   It is not the case that I told (someone) to write.

   उसने ख़रीदा थोड़ी, बेचा।

   usne xarīdā thoṛī, becā.

   It is not the case that she bought it, but instead she sold it.

Usage notes

Only the feminine form थोड़ी (thoṛī) can be used as the emphasised negation.

Declension

Declension of थोड़ा (ā-stem)

	masculine		feminine
	singular	plural	singular	plural
direct	थोड़ा thoṛā	थोड़े thoṛe	थोड़ी thoṛī	थोड़ी thoṛī
oblique	थोड़े thoṛe	थोड़े thoṛe	थोड़ी thoṛī	थोड़ी thoṛī
vocative	थोड़े thoṛe	थोड़े thoṛe	थोड़ी thoṛī	थोड़ी thoṛī

Derived terms

• थोड़ा थोड़ा (thoṛā thoṛā)