ودھیا

Punjabi

Etymology

From وَدّھݨا (vaddhṇā, “to continue forward”) +‎ -ِیا (-iyā). Cognate with Hindi बढ़िया (baṛhiyā).

Pronunciation

Adjective

وَدِھیَا • (vadhiyā) (indeclinable, Gurmukhi spelling ਵਧੀਆ)

  1. great, good

Interjection

وَدِھیَا • (vadhiyā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਵਧੀਆ)

  1. great

Further reading

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “ودھیا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “ودھیا”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
  • “ਵਧੀਆ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
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