ادھا
See also: آدھا
Punjabi
| ← 1 | ۲ 2 |
3 → [a], [b] |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal: دو (do) Ordinal: دُوجا (dūjā) Adverbial: دُہرا (duhrā) Collective: دوویں (doveṉ) Fractional: اَدّھا (addhā) | ||
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit *𑀅𑀤𑁆𑀥𑀕 (*addhaga), from Sanskrit अर्धक (ardhaka).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: áddā IPA(key): /ə˦d̪.d̪äː/, [ɐ˩˥d̪.d̪äː]
Adjective
اَدّھا • (addhā) (indeclinable, Gurmukhi spelling ਅੱਧਾ)
Declension
| masculine | feminine | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| direct | اَدّھا (addhā) | اَدّھے (addhe) | اَدّھی (addhī) | اَدّھِیاں (addhiyāṉ) | |
| oblique | اَدّھے (addhe) | اَدّھیاں (addheyāṉ) | اَدّھی (addhī) | اَدّھِیاں (addhiyāṉ) | |
Noun
اَدّھا • (addhā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਅੱਧਾ)
- a half
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | اَدّھا (addhā) | اَدّھے (addhe) |
| oblique | اَدّھے (addhe) | اَدّھیْاں (addhiyāṉ) |
| vocative | اَدّھیْا (addhiyā) | اَدّھیو (addheyo) |
| ablative | اَدّھیوں (addheyoṉ) | اَدّھیْاں (addhiyāṉ) |
| locative | – | اَدّھِیں (addhīṉ) |
| instrumental | اَدّھے (addhe) | – |
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “ادھّا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “ادھا”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
- “ਅੱਧਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ardhá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press