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
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)	–

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