مڈھ
Punjabi
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀫𑀼𑀟𑁆𑀠 (muḍḍha), from Sanskrit मूर्धन् (mūrdhan).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /mʊ˦ɖːə̆/
Noun
مُڈّھ • (muḍḍh) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਮੁੱਢ)
- beginning; inception
- Antonyms: اوڑَک (oṛak), آخَر (āxar)
- 2023, Zahid Hussain, Dr. Zeb-un-Nisa, “اشاریہ سازی دی ضرورت و اہمیت تے پنجابی وچ ایہدی ریت [Exigency and significance of Bibliographic Index and it's tradition in Punjabi]”, in پارَکھ [pārakh][1], volume 8, Lahore: Lahore College for Women University, archived from the original on 12 August 2024:
- مطالعہ مواد نوں مڈھ توں آخر تک کھنگالنا نہیں پیندا۔
- mut̤āliʻah mūād nūṉ muḍḍh toṉ āxar tak khaṉgālṇā nahīṉ paindā.
- The study material does not have to be scoured from beginning to the end.
- basis
- origin
- generation
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | مُڈّھ (muḍḍh) | مُڈّھ (muḍḍh) |
| oblique | مُڈّھ (muḍḍh) | مُڈّھاں (muḍḍhāṉ) |
| vocative | مُڈّھا (muḍḍhā) | مُڈّھو (muḍḍho) |
| ablative | مُڈّھوں (muḍḍhoṉ) | مُڈّھاں (muḍḍhāṉ) |
| locative | مُڈّھے (muḍḍhe) | مُڈّھِیں (muḍḍhīṉ) |
| instrumental | مُڈّھوں (muḍḍhoṉ) | – |
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “مُڈھ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- “ਮੁੱਢ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mūrdhán”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 591