کڑی
Pahari-Potwari
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit *𑀓𑀼𑀟𑀻 (*kuḍī).
Noun
کُڑی (kuṛī) f
Punjabi
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit *𑀓𑀼𑀟𑀻 (*kuḍī), probably of Munda or Dravidian origin; compare Santali ᱠᱩᱲᱤ (kuṛi, “girl”) and Kannada ಕೊಡ (koḍa, “youth”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /kʊ.ɽiː/
Audio (India): (file) - Rhymes: -iː
Noun
کُڑی • (kuṛī) f (masculine کُڑا, Gurmukhi spelling ਕੁੜੀ)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | کُڑی (kuṛī) | کُڑِیاں (kuṛīyāṉ) |
| oblique | کُڑی (kuṛī) | کُڑِیاں (kuṛīyāṉ) |
| vocative | کُڑِیے (kuṛiye) | کُڑِیو (kuṛīv) |
| ablative | کُڑِیوں (kuṛīvṉ) | کُڑِیاں (kuṛīyāṉ) |
| locative | — | — |
| instrumental | — | — |
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “کُڑی”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- “ਕੁੜੀ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kuḍa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press