टेढ़ा

From Prakrit [script needed] (*trēḍḍha-, “crooked”), related to Sanskrit टेरक (ṭeraka, “squinting”) and टगर (ṭagara, “squint-eyed”), the latter whence Hindi टग्रा (ṭagrā, “cross-eyed”). Compare Marathi तेढा (teḍhā).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ʈeː.ɽʱɑː/, [ʈeː.ɽʱäː]

टेढ़ा • (ṭeṛhā) (Urdu spelling ٹیڑھا)

1. crooked, bent, askew

   Antonym: सीधा (sīdhā)

2. complex, complicated

   बॉस, यह बहुत टेढ़ा मामला है।

   bŏs, yah bahut ṭeṛhā māmlā hai.

   Boss, this is a very complicated affair.

• टेढ़ (ṭeṛh)

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “trēḍḍa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press