دھند
Punjabi
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit *धूमान्ध (*dhūmāndha), from धूम (dhūmá, “smoke, haze”) + अन्ध (andhá, “blind”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: tùnd IPA(key): /t̪ʊ˨nd̪/, [t̪ɵ̃˨nd̪ᵊ]
Noun
دُھنْد • (dhund) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਧੁੰਦ)
Declension
| 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
- دُھنْدھ (dhundh)
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
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /d̪ʱʊnd̪/, [d̪ʱʊ̃nd̪]
Noun
دُھنْد • (dhund) f (Hindi spelling धुंद)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | دُھنْد (dhund) | دُھنْدیں (dhundẽ) |
| oblique | دُھنْد (dhund) | دُھنْدوں (dhundõ) |
| vocative | دُھنْد (dhund) | دُھنْدو (dhundo) |
References
- ^ “دھند”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*dhūmāndha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press