हड्डी

Hindi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ésth₁

Proto-Indo-Iranian *HástʰH

Sanskrit अस्थि॑ (ásthi)?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd-

Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr

Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰŕ̥d-

Sanskrit हृद् (hṛd)vṛd.

Sanskrit हार्द॑ (hā́rda)?

Prakrit 𑀳𑀟𑁆𑀟 (haḍḍa)

Hindi हड्डी

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀳𑀟𑁆𑀟 (haḍḍa) (see there for more) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-) without cluster simplification, or directly borrowed from Sanskrit हड्ड (haḍḍa). By surface analysis, हड्डा (haḍḍā) +‎ -ई (-ī). Cognate with Punjabi ਹੱਡੀ (haḍḍī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɦəɖ.ɖiː/, [ɦɐɖ̚.ɖiː]

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Noun

हड्डी • (haḍḍī) f (Urdu spelling ہڈی)

1. bone

   Synonyms: अस्थि (asthi), हड्डा (haḍḍā)

Declension

Declension of हड्डी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	हड्डी haḍḍī	हड्डियाँ haḍḍiyā̃
oblique	हड्डी haḍḍī	हड्डियों haḍḍiyõ
vocative	हड्डी haḍḍī	हड्डियो haḍḍiyo

Descendants

• → Pashto: هډيَ (“bone-spavin in horses”)

References

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “हड्डी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. “Sea of Hindi words”] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 5434
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “हड्डी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 1057
• Bahri, Hardev (1989), “हड्डी”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons, page 691.