ਅੱਲ੍ਹੜ

Inherited from Prakrit *𑀅𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀟 (*allaḍa). Cognate with Hindi अल्हड़ (alhaṛ), Sindhi اَلَڙُ (alaṛu), Marathi अल्लड (allaḍ), Gujarati અલ્લડ (allaḍ) and Nepali अल्लड (allaḍ) / अल्लढ (allaḍh).

• (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: állaṛă IPA^(key): /ə˦l.ləɽᵊ/, [ɐ˦l.ləɽᵊ]

ਅੱਲ੍ਹੜ • (állaṛ) (Shahmukhi spelling الہڑ)

1. adolescent, young
2. inexperienced, immature

ਅੱਲ੍ਹੜ • (állaṛ) f (Shahmukhi spelling الہڑ)

1. a young; naive; adolescent female
2. (slang, in vocative) baby; babe; darling; girl
   • 2018, “So High”, in Sidhu Moose Wala (lyrics), Byg Byrd (music), Mar Gaye Oye Loko, performed by Sidhu Moose Wala, Byg Byrd:

     ਤੂੰ ਗੱਭਰੂ ਨੂੰ ਮੰਨ ਜਾਂ ਨਾ ਮੰਨ, ਅੱਲ੍ਹੜੇ
     ਅੱਖ ਬਾਰਾਂ ਗੇਜ ਦੀ ਸ਼ਾਟਗਨ, ਅੱਲ੍ਹੜੇ

     tū̃ gabbharū nū̃ manna jā̃ nā manna, állaṛe
     akkha bārā̃ gej dī śāṭgana, állaṛe

     Believe the young man or not, baby
     [My] eye is a 12-gauge shotgun, baby

• ਅਲ੍ਹੜਪੁਣਾ m (alhaṛpuṇā, “adolescence”)

• Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਅੱਲ੍ਹੜ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.
• “ਅੱਲ੍ਹੜ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*allaḍa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press