ٹھنڈا
Urdu
Etymology
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀣𑀟𑁆𑀠 (thaḍḍha), 𑀣𑀤𑁆𑀥 (thaddha, “fixed, firm”), from Sanskrit स्तब्ध (stabdha).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ʈʰən.ɖɑː/
- Rhymes: -ɑː
- Hyphenation: ٹَھنْ‧ڈا
Adjective
ٹَھنْڈا • (ṭhanḍā) (Hindi spelling ठंडा)
Declension
| masculine | feminine | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| direct | ٹَھنْڈا (ṭhanḍā) | ٹَھنْڈے (ṭhanḍe) | ٹَھنْڈی (ṭhanḍī) | ٹَھنْڈی (ṭhanḍī) | |
| indirect | ٹَھنْڈے (ṭhanḍe) | ٹَھنْڈے (ṭhanḍe) | ٹَھنْڈی (ṭhanḍī) | ٹَھنْڈی (ṭhanḍī) | |
Noun
ٹَھنْڈا • (ṭhanḍā) m (Hindi spelling ठंडा)
- a cold, refreshing drink
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | ٹھنڈا (ṭhaṇḍā) | ٹھنڈے (ṭhaṇḍe) |
| oblique | ٹھنڈے (ṭhaṇḍe) | ٹھنڈوں (ṭhaṇḍõ) |
| vocative | ٹھنڈے (ṭhaṇḍe) | ٹھنڈو (ṭhaṇḍo) |
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “stabdha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 788
Further reading
- “ٹھنڈا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “ٹھنڈا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “ٹهنڈ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 218
- Platts, John T. (1884) “ٿهنڐا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 364
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “تَهندَا”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 464
- John Shakespear (1834) “ٹھنڈا”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC