موڈھا

Punjabi

Etymology

From Sanskrit *मौर्धक (maurdhaka). Cognate with Saraiki مونْڈھا (monḍhā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /moː˦ɖˑäː/
  • (dialectal) IPA^(key): [mõː˦ɳ.ɖäː]
• Rhymes: -äː

Noun

موڈھا • (moḍhā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਮੋਢਾ)

1. (anatomy) shoulder
   • 2018, “لَہَور تیرے تے [lahaur tere te]”, in جَوانی پِھر نَہِیں آنی [javānī phir nahī̃ ānī], performed by Waqar Ehsin, Mehak Ali:

     تُریْا تُریْا جانْدا، تیرے موڈھے تے بَنْدُوق وے
     کِھچّ کے نَہ مارِیں، ساڈی زِنْدَڑی مَلُوک وے

     turiyā turiyā jāndā, tere moḍhe te bandūq ve
     khicc ke nah mārīṉ, sāḍī zindaṛī malūk ve

     Wandering around with a gun on your shoulders
     Don't be haste in wounding me, I'm delicate you see

2. shoulder (of a garment)

Declension

Declension of موڈھا

	singular	plural
direct	موڈھا (moḍhā)	موڈھے (moḍhe)
oblique	موڈھے (moḍhe)	موڈھیْاں (moḍhiyāṉ)
vocative	موڈھیْا (moḍhiyā)	موڈھیو (moḍheyo)
ablative	موڈھیوں (moḍheyoṉ)	موڈھیْاں (moḍhiyāṉ)
locative	–	موڈھِیں (moḍhīṉ)
instrumental	موڈھے (moḍhe)	–

Verb

موڈھا دیݨا • (moḍhā deṇā) (transitive, Gurmukhi spelling ਮੋਢਾ ਦੇਣਾ)

1. to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder
2. (figuratively) to support

Further reading

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