खंडहर
Hindi
Alternative forms
- खँडहर (khãḍhar), खँड़हर (khãṛhar)
- खंडर (khaṇḍar), खँड़र (khãṛar) — pronunciation variants
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit *खण्डघर (*khaṇḍaghara), from खण्ड (khaṇḍa, “broken, having chasms”) + *घर (*ghara, “house”). Compare Punjabi ਖੰਢਰ (khaṇḍhar).
Pronunciation
- (Delhi) IPA(key): /kʰəɳ.ɖə.ɦəɾ/, [kʰɐ̃ɳ.ɖɛ.ɦɛɾ], /kʰəɳɖ.ɦəɾ/, [kʰɐ̃ɳɖ.ɦɐɾ], /kʰəɳ.ɖʱəɾ/, [kʰɐ̃ɳ.ɖʱɐɾ]
Adjective
खंडहर • (khaṇḍhar) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling کَھنْڈَھر)
Noun
खंडहर • (khaṇḍhar) m (Urdu spelling کَھنْڈَھر)
- a ruin (remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction)
- a dilapidated building
- (usually in the plural) a mass of ruins (e.g., of a village or town)
- (obsolete) broken or raviny ground
- (obsolete) chasm, hole, gap, abyss
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | खंडहर khaṇḍhar |
खंडहर khaṇḍhar |
| oblique | खंडहर khaṇḍhar |
खंडहरों khaṇḍharõ |
| vocative | खंडहर khaṇḍhar |
खंडहरो khaṇḍharo |
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “khaṇḍaghara”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 199
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “खंडहर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 224
- Platts, John T. (1884) “کهنڐر”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 881