دھند

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit *धूमान्ध (dhūmāndha), from धूम (dhūmá, “smoke, haze”) +‎ अन्ध (andhá, “blind”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /t̪ʊ˨nd̪/, [t̪ʊ̃˨nd̪ᵊ]

Noun

دُھنْد • (dhund) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਧੁੰਦ)

1. fog, mist
2. dust
3. dimness
4. impaired vision

Declension

Declension of دھند
dir. sg.	دُھنْد (dhund)
dir. pl.	دُھنْداں (dhundāṉ)
	singular	plural
direct	دُھنْد (dhund)	دُھنْداں (dhundāṉ)
oblique	دُھنْد (dhund)	دُھنْداں (dhundāṉ)
vocative	دُھنْدے (dhunde)	دُھنْدو (dhundo)
ablative	دُھنْدوں (dhundoṉ)	دُھنْداں (dhundāṉ)
locative	دُھنْدی (dhundī)	دُھنْدِیں (dhundīṉ)
instrumental	دُھنْدِیں (dhundīṉ)	دُھنْدے (dhunde)

Further reading

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

Urdu

Alternative forms

• دُھنْدھ (dhundh)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Hindi دھند (dhnd /⁠dhund⁠/) (c. 1562), from Sanskrit *धूमान्ध (dhūmāndha), from धूम (dhūmá, “smoke, haze”) +‎ अन्ध (andhá, “blind”) (compare धूमाक्ष (dhūmākṣá)).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d̪ʱʊnd̪/, [d̪ʱʊ̃nd̪]

Noun

دُھنْد • (dhund) f (Hindi spelling धुंद)

1. fog (haze; mist, of weather)

Declension

Declension of دھند

	singular	plural
direct	دُھنْد (dhund)	دُھنْدیں (dhundẽ)
oblique	دُھنْد (dhund)	دُھنْدوں (dhundõ)
vocative	دُھنْد (dhund)	دُھنْدو (dhundo)

Further reading

• “دھند”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “دھند”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]