ویڑھا
Punjabi
Alternative forms
- ویہڑا (vehṛā), وِہْڑا (vihṛā)
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀯𑁂𑀠 (veḍha), from Sanskrit वेष्ट (veṣṭa).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: vḗṛā IPA(key): /ʋeː˦.ɽäː/
- Rhymes: -äː
Noun
ویڑھا • (veṛhā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਵੇੜ੍ਹਾ)
- compound; courtyard; enclosure
- (figuratively, poetic) home
- 2016, “تیرے نال کیوں لائیاں اکھیاں [Tere Naal Kyun Laayian Ankhian]”, in مَن مَائل [Mann Mayal], performed by Quratulain Balouch and Shuja Hyder:
- یار دے ویڑھے آئی ٹپ ٹپ گلیاں
- yār de veṛhe āī ṭapp ṭapp galiyā̃
- I've come to my beloved's yard, leaping over streets
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | ویڑھا (veṛhā) | ویڑھے (veṛhe) |
| oblique | ویڑھے (veṛhe) | ویڑھیْاں (veṛhiyāṉ) |
| vocative | ویڑھیْا (veṛhiyā) | ویڑھیو (veṛheyo) |
| ablative | ویڑھیوں (veṛheyoṉ) | ویڑھیْاں (veṛhiyāṉ) |
| locative | – | ویڑھِیں (veṛhīṉ) |
| instrumental | ویڑھے (veṛhe) | – |
Adjective
ویڑھا • (veṛhā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਵੇੜ੍ਹਾ)
Declension
| masculine | feminine | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| direct | ویڑھا ({{{2}}}ā) | ویڑھے ({{{2}}}e) | ویڑھی ({{{2}}}ī) | ویڑھِیاں ({{{2}}}iyāṉ) | |
| oblique | ویڑھے ({{{2}}}e) | ویڑھیاں ({{{2}}}eyāṉ) | ویڑھی ({{{2}}}ī) | ویڑھِیاں ({{{2}}}iyāṉ) | |
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “ویڑھا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- “ਵੇੜ੍ਹਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vēṣṭá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 703