औंधा

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀑𑀫𑀼𑀤𑁆𑀥𑀕 (omuddhaga), from Sanskrit अवमूर्ध (avamūrdha, “head-down”), from मूर्धन् (mūrdhan, “head”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *mr̥Hdʰā́, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mr̥Hdʰā́, from Proto-Indo-European *ml̥Hdʰṓ.

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɔːn.d̪ʱɑː/, [ɔ̃ːn̪.d̪ʱäː]

Adjective

औंधा • (aundhā) (Urdu spelling اوندھا)

1. face down, upside down
2. overturned, in utter confusion, ruined, fallen flat
3. crooked, wrong, adverse (as fortune)

Declension

Declension of औंधा (ā-stem)

	masculine		feminine
	singular	plural	singular	plural
direct	औंधा aundhā	औंधे aundhe	औंधी aundhī	औंधी aundhī
oblique	औंधे aundhe	औंधे aundhe	औंधी aundhī	औंधी aundhī
vocative	औंधे aundhe	औंधे aundhe	औंधी aundhī	औंधी aundhī

Noun

औंधा • (aundhā) m (Urdu spelling اوندھا)

1. (slang, figurative) a fool

Declension

Declension of औंधा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	औंधा aundhā	औंधे aundhe
oblique	औंधे aundhe	औंधों aundhõ
vocative	औंधे aundhe	औंधो aundho

Derived terms

• औंधना (aundhnā, “to be overturned”)
• औंधाना (aundhānā, “to overturn”)
• औंधे मुँह (aundhe mũh, “face-down, head-first”)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “औंधा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press