دھند

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit *धूमान्ध (*dhūmāndha), from धूम (dhūmá, smoke, haze) +‎ अन्ध (andhá, blind).

Pronunciation

Noun

دُھنْد • (dhundf (Gurmukhi spelling ਧੁੰਦ)

  1. fog, mist
  2. dust
  3. dimness
  4. impaired vision

Declension

Declension of دھند
singular plural
direct دُھنْد (dhund) دُھنْداں (dhundāṉ)
oblique دُھنْد (dhund) دُھنْداں (dhundāṉ)
vocative دُھنْدے (dhunde) دُھنْدو (dhundo)
ablative دُھنْدوں (dhundoṉ) دُھنْداں (dhundāṉ)
locative دُھنْدی (dhundī) دُھنْدِیں (dhundīṉ)
instrumental دُھنْدِیں (dhundīṉ) دُھنْدے (dhunde)

Further reading

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

Urdu

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Hindi دھند (dhnd /⁠dhund⁠/) (c. 1562),[1] from Sanskrit *धूमान्ध (*dhūmāndha), from धूम (dhūmá, smoke, haze) +‎ अन्ध (andhá, blind) (compare धूमाक्ष (dhūmākṣá)).[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

دُھنْد • (dhundf (Hindi spelling धुंद)

  1. fog (haze; mist, of weather)

Declension

Declension of دھند
singular plural
direct دُھنْد (dhund) دُھنْدیں (dhundẽ)
oblique دُھنْد (dhund) دُھنْدوں (dhundõ)
vocative دُھنْد (dhund) دُھنْدو (dhundo)

References

  1. ^ دھند”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  2. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*dhūmāndha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Further reading

  • دھند”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “دھند”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]