ڈاڈھا
Punjabi
Alternative forms
- ڈاہْڈا (ḍāhḍā)
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit दार्ढ्य (dā́rḍhya), from दृढ (dṛḍha). Cognate with Saraiki ݙاڈھا (ḏāḍhā), Kannada ಡಾಡ (ḍāḍa) and Marathi डाढा (ḍāḍhā).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: ḍā́ḍhā, ḍā́ḍḍhā IPA(key): /ɖäː˦.ɖäː/, /ɖäː˦.ɖ(ː)äː/
- Rhymes: -äː
Adjective
ڈاڈھا • (ḍāḍhā) (feminine ڈاڈھی, Gurmukhi spelling ਡਾਢਾ)
- strict, precise
- 1986, سجاد حیدر [sajād ḥaidar, Sajad Haidar], چونویں کہانی [Convīn̲ kahānī], Lahore: پاکستان پنجابی ادبی بورڈ [Pakistan Punjabi Adabi Board], →ISBN, →OCLC, page 218:
- البتہ اپݨے بھاڑے نے بارے اوہ ڈاڈھا حساب کتاب رکھنا ہیا۔
- albatta apṇe bhāṛe ne bāre oh ḍāḍhā ḥisāb kitāb rakhnā hiya.
- However, he would keep a strict account of his rent [payments].
- strict, severe; harsh, brutal
- strong, powerful, oppressive
Declension
| masculine | feminine | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| direct | ڈاڈھا (ḍāḍhā) | ڈاڈھے (ḍāḍhe) | ڈاڈھی (ḍāḍhī) | ڈاڈھِیاں (ḍāḍhiyāṉ) | |
| oblique | ڈاڈھے (ḍāḍhe) | ڈاڈھیاں (ḍāḍheyāṉ) | ڈاڈھی (ḍāḍhī) | ڈاڈھِیاں (ḍāḍhiyāṉ) | |
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “ڈاڈھا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “ڈاڈھا”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
- “ڈاڈھا”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dā́rḍhya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 361