تھندا

Punjabi

Alternative forms

• تِھنْدھا (thindhā)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit *स्तिन्त (*stinta, “wet”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): [tʰɪ̃˨.däː]
• Rhymes: -äː
• Hyphenation: تِھن‧دا

Noun

تِھنْدا • (thindā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਥਿੰਧਾ)

1. grease, butter, ghee
2. cooking oil, oil

Declension

Declension of تھندا

	singular	plural
direct	تِھنْدا (thindā)	تِھنْدے (thinde)
oblique	تِھنْدے (thinde)	تِھنْدیْاں (thindiyāṉ)
vocative	تِھنْدیْا (thindiyā)	تِھنْدیو (thindeyo)
ablative	تِھنْدیوں (thindeyoṉ)	تِھنْدیْاں (thindiyāṉ)
locative	–	تِھنْدِیں (thindīṉ)
instrumental	تِھنْدے (thinde)	–

Adjective

تِھنْدا • (thindā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਥਿੰਧਾ)

1. greasy, oily
2. applied with ghee (to foods)

   Synonym: چوپَڑی (copaṛī)

Declension

Declension of تھندا

	masculine			feminine
	singular	plural		singular	plural
direct	تِھنْدا (thindā)	تِھنْدے (thinde)		تِھنْدی (thindī)	تِھنْدِیاں (thindiyāṉ)
oblique	تِھنْدے (thinde)	تِھنْدیاں (thindeyāṉ)		تِھنْدی (thindī)	تِھنْدِیاں (thindiyāṉ)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “تھِندا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਥਿੰਧਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*stinta”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press