سدھر

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀲𑀤𑁆𑀥𑀸 (saddhā), from Sanskrit श्रद्धा (śraddhā́).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: sáddar IPA^(key): /sə˦d̪.d̪əɾə̆/

Noun

سَدَّھر • (saddhar) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਸੱਧਰ)

1. desire, wish
   • 1986, Kanval Mushtaq, چونویں انشائیے [Chonven̲ inshāʼiye], Lahore, →OCLC, page 187:

     تے ساڈِیاں سدھراں ساڈے سینے وچ ای رَہ گئیاں

     te sāḍīyāṉ saddhrāṉ sāḍe sīne vicc ī rah gayīāṉ

     And our desires were left [forsaken] to our chests

2. longing

Declension

Declension of سدھر

	singular	plural
direct	سَدَّھر (saddahr)	سَدَّھراں (saddahrāṉ)
oblique	سَدَّھر (saddahr)	سَدَّھراں (saddahrāṉ)
vocative	سَدَّھرے (saddahre)	سَدَّھرو (saddahro)
ablative	سَدَّھروں (saddahroṉ)	سَدَّھراں (saddahrāṉ)
locative	سَدَّھری (saddahrī)	سَدَّھرِیں (saddahrīṉ)
instrumental	سَدَّھرِیں (saddahrīṉ)	سَدَّھرے (saddahre)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “سدھّر”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “سدھر”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
• “ਸੱਧਰ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śraddhā́”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 735