पिंजड़ा
Hindi
Alternative forms
- पिंजरा (piñjrā)
Etymology
Ultimately from Sanskrit पिञ्जर (piñjara, “cage, skeleton”). Compare Punjabi ਪਿੰਜਰਾ (piñjrā), Gujarati પીંજરું (pī̃jrũ).
Pronunciation
Noun
पिंजड़ा • (piñjṛā) m
- 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