گندہ

See also: گنده and کنده

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian گَنْدَه (ganda). First attested in c. 1679 as Middle Hindi گندہ (gndh /⁠ganda⁠/).[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

گَنْدَہ • (ganda) (indeclinable, Hindi spelling गंदा)

  1. dirty, filthy
    Antonym: صاف (sāf)
  2. unclean
    1. impure
    2. untidy
  3. obscene, indecent
  4. vile, wicked

References

  1. ^ “گندہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

Further reading

  • “گندہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “گنده”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]

Ushojo

Etymology

From Urdu گندہ (gandah).

Adjective

گندہ (gandah)

  1. dirty, filthy
  2. vile, wicked
    Synonym: خسا (xasā)
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