الہڑ

Punjabi

Alternative forms

  • اَلَّھڑ (állaṛ)

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit *𑀅𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀟 (*allaḍa). Cognate with Urdu اَلْہَڑ (alhaṛ) / Hindi अल्हड़ (alhaṛ), Sindhi اَلَڙُ (alaṛu), Marathi अल्लड (allaḍ), Gujarati અલ્લડ (allaḍ) and Nepali अल्लड (allaḍ) / अल्लढ (allaḍh).

Pronunciation

Adjective

اَلّہَڑ • (állaṛ) (indeclinable, Gurmukhi spelling ਅੱਲ੍ਹੜ)

  1. naive; young; adolescent (of a girl)
  2. inexperienced; immature (of a girl)

Noun

اَلّہَڑ • (állaṛ) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਅੱਲ੍ਹੜ)

  1. a young; naive; adolescent female
  2. (slang, in vocative) baby; babe; darling; girl

Declension

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Declension of الہڑ
singular plural
direct اَلّہَڑ (allhaṛ) اَلّہَڑاں (allhaṛāṉ)
oblique اَلّہَڑ (allhaṛ) اَلّہَڑاں (allhaṛāṉ)
vocative اَلّہَڑے (allhaṛe) اَلّہَڑو (allhaṛo)
ablative اَلّہَڑوں (allhaṛoṉ) اَلّہَڑاں (allhaṛāṉ)
locative اَلّہَڑی (allhaṛī) اَلّہَڑِیں (allhaṛīṉ)
instrumental اَلّہَڑِیں (allhaṛīṉ) اَلّہَڑے (allhaṛe)

Further reading

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “الہڑ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • “ਅੱਲ੍ਹੜ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*allaḍa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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