बुड्ढा

Hindi

Alternative forms

• बूढ़ा (būṛhā)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *werdʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-Iranian *wr̥dᶻdʰás

Sanskrit वृद्ध (vṛddha)

Ashokan Prakrit 𑀯𑀼𑀠 (vuḍha)

Prakrit 𑀯𑀼𑀟𑁆𑀠 (vuḍḍha)

Hindi बुड्ढा (buḍḍhā)

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀯𑀼𑀟𑁆𑀠 (vuḍḍha) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-) without compensatory lengthening, from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀯𑀼𑀠 (vuḍha /⁠vuḍḍha⁠/), from Sanskrit वृद्ध (vṛddhá). Doublet of बूढ़ा (būṛhā). Cognate with Punjabi ਬੁੱਢਾ (buḍḍhā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /bʊɖ.ɖʱɑː/, [bʊɖ̚.ɖʱäː]

Noun

बुड्ढा • (buḍḍhā) m (Urdu spelling بڈھا)

1. old man, geezer

Declension

Declension of बुड्ढा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	बुड्ढा buḍḍhā	बुड्ढे buḍḍhe
oblique	बुड्ढे buḍḍhe	बुड्ढों buḍḍhõ
vocative	बुड्ढे buḍḍhe	बुड्ढो buḍḍho

Adjective

बुड्ढा • (buḍḍhā) (Urdu spelling بڈھا)

1. old, aged

Declension

Declension of बुड्ढा (ā-stem)

	masculine		feminine
	singular	plural	singular	plural
direct	बुड्ढा buḍḍhā	बुड्ढे buḍḍhe	बुड्ढी buḍḍhī	बुड्ढी buḍḍhī
oblique	बुड्ढे buḍḍhe	बुड्ढे buḍḍhe	बुड्ढी buḍḍhī	बुड्ढी buḍḍhī
vocative	बुड्ढे buḍḍhe	बुड्ढे buḍḍhe	बुड्ढी buḍḍhī	बुड्ढी buḍḍhī

Related terms

• बुड्ढी (buḍḍhī, “old woman”)