हद

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian حدّ (hadd), from Arabic حَدّ (ḥadd). Compare Bengali হদ্দ (hoddo), Gujarati હદ (had), Marathi हद्द (hadda), Punjabi ਹੱਦ (hadda) / حد (hadd).

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ɦəd̪/, [ɦɐd̪]
  • Rhymes: -əd̪

Noun

हद • (hadf (Urdu spelling حَدْ)

  1. a limit, ceiling
    Synonym: सीमा (sīmā)
  2. boundary, limits

Declension

Declension of हद (fem cons-stem)
singular plural
direct हद
had
हदें, हुदूद
hadẽ, hudūd
oblique हद
had
हदों, हुदूदों
hadõ, hudūdõ
vocative हद
had
हदो, हुदूदो
hado, hudūdo

Derived terms

Further reading

  • McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “हद”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 1058
  • हद”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.