جھنڈا
Kohistani Shina
Noun
جھنڈا (jhanḍā)
Punjabi
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit *ध्वजदण्ड (*dhvajadaṇḍa, “flagstaff”),[1] from ध्वज (dhvaja) + दण्ड (daṇḍa).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: càṇḍā IPA(key): /t͡ʃə˨ɳ.ɖäː/
- Rhymes: -äː
- Hyphenation: جَھنْ‧ڈا
Noun
جَھنْڈا • (jhanḍā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਝੰਡਾ)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | جَھنْڈا (jhanḍā) | جَھنْڈے (jhanḍe) |
| oblique | جَھنْڈے (jhanḍe) | جَھنْڈیْاں (jhanḍiyāṉ) |
| vocative | جَھنْڈیْا (jhanḍiyā) | جَھنْڈیو (jhanḍeyo) |
| ablative | جَھنْڈیوں (jhanḍeyoṉ) | جَھنْڈیْاں (jhanḍiyāṉ) |
| locative | – | جَھنْڈِیں (jhanḍīṉ) |
| instrumental | جَھنْڈے (jhanḍe) | – |
References
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*dhvajadaṇḍa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Further reading
- “جھنڈا”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “جھنڈا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
Urdu
Etymology
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit *𑀥𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀡𑁆𑀟 (*dhajjaṇḍa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit *ध्वजदण्ड (*dhvajadaṇḍa, “flagstaff”),[1] from ध्वज (dhvaja) + दण्ड (daṇḍa). Cognate with Bhojpuri झंडा (jhaṇḍā), Punjabi ਝੰਡਾ (jhaṇḍā) / جَھنْڈا (jhanḍā), Sindhi جَهنڊو / झंडो (jhaṇḍo), Gujarati ઝંડો (jhaṇḍo), Marathi झेंडा (jheṇḍā), Nepali झण्डा (jhaṇḍā).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /d͡ʒʱən.ɖɑː/
- Rhymes: -ɑː
- Hyphenation: جَھنْ‧ڈا
Noun
جَھنْڈا • (jhanḍā) m (Hindi spelling झंडा)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | جَھنْڈا (jhanḍā) | جَھنْڈے (jhanḍe) |
| oblique | جَھنْڈے (jhanḍe) | جَھنْڈوں (jhanḍõ) |
| vocative | جَھنْڈے (jhanḍe) | جَھنْڈو (jhanḍo) |
References
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*dhvajadaṇḍa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Further reading
- “جھنڈا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “جهنڈا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- “جھنڈا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.