گدھا

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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    Etymology tree
    Sanskrit गर्दभ (gardabha)
    Prakrit 𑀕𑀤𑁆𑀤𑀳 (gaddaha)
    Urdu گَدھا (gadhā)

    Inherited from Prakrit 𑀕𑀤𑁆𑀤𑀳 (gaddaha), from Sanskrit गर्दभ (gardabha).[1] Compare Saraiki گَڈّاں (gaḍḍāṉ) / ڳَݙّا (g̈aḏḏā) and Sindhi گَڏَھُ (gaḏahu).

    Pronunciation

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    Noun

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    گَدھا • (gadhā) m (feminine گدھی, Hindi spelling गधा)

    1. donkey, ass
      Synonym: خر (xar)
      • 1978, رَوشنی [rauśnī], page 154:
        حضور نے ایک بار دیکھا کہ کسی شخص نے ایک گدھے کا منہ داغا تھا بے چارے کی ناک سے مسلسل خون بہہ رہا تھا۔
        ḥuẓūr ne ayk bār dekhā kih kisī śaxṣ ne ayk gadhe kā muṉh dāġā thā be cāre kī nāk se masalsal xūn bah rahā thā.
        His highness once noticed a man who had stained his donkey's face, the poor [thing]'s nose was constantly bleeding.
    2. (figuratively) fool, ass
      Synonym: کھوتا (khotā)

    Declension

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        Declension of گدھا
    singular plural
    direct گدھا (gadhā) گدھے (gadhe)
    oblique گدھے (gadhe) گدھوں (gadhõ)
    vocative گدھے (gadhe) گدھو (gadho)

    Adjective

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    گَدھا • (gadhā) (Hindi spelling गधा)

    1. (figuratively) a fool; ass

    Declension

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    Declension of گدھا
    masculine feminine
    singular plural singular plural
    direct گَدھا (gadhā) گَدھے (gadhe) گَدھی (gadhī) گَدھی (gadhī)
    indirect گَدھے (gadhe) گَدھے (gadhe) گَدھی (gadhī) گَدھی (gadhī)

    References

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

    Further reading

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    More information
    • “گدھا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
    • “گدھا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
    • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “گدها”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
    • Platts, John T. (1884) “گدها”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 900
    • S. W. Fallon (1879) “گدها”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 993
    • John Shakespear (1834) “گدھا”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
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