पिंजड़ा

Hindi

Alternative forms

• पिंजरा (piñjrā)

Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit पिञ्जर (piñjara, “cage, skeleton”). Compare Punjabi ਪਿੰਜਰਾ (piñjrā), Gujarati પીંજરું (pī̃jrũ).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /pɪn.d͡ʒɽɑː/, [pɪ̃n.d͡ʒɽäː]

Noun

पिंजड़ा • (piñjṛā) m

1. cage, enclosure

   (deprecated template usage) पिंजड़ा साफ करना ― piñjṛā sāph karnā ― to clean a cage

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “पिंजड़ा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 627