ویڑھا

Punjabi

Alternative forms

• ویہڑا (vehṛā), وِہْڑا (vihṛā)

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀯𑁂𑀠 (veḍha, “wrap”), from Sanskrit वेष्ट (vēṣṭá).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: vḗṛā IPA^(key): /ʋeː˦.ɽäː/
• Rhymes: -äː

Noun

ویڑھا • (veṛhā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਵੇੜ੍ਹਾ)

1. compound; courtyard; enclosure
2. (figuratively, poetic) home
   • 2016, “تیرے نال کیوں لائیاں اکھیاں [Tere Naal Kyun Laayian Ankhian]”, in مَن مَائل [Mann Mayal], performed by Quratulain Balouch and Shuja Hyder:

     یار دے ویڑھے آئی ٹپ ٹپ گلیاں

     yār de veṛhe āī ṭapp ṭapp galiyā̃

     I've come to my beloved's yard, leaping over streets

Declension

Declension of ویڑھا
dir. sg.	ویڑھا (veṛhā)
dir. pl.	ویڑھے (veṛhe)
	singular	plural
direct	ویڑھا (veṛhā)	ویڑھے (veṛhe)
oblique	ویڑھے (veṛhe)	ویڑھیْاں (veṛhiyāṉ)
vocative	ویڑھیْا (veṛhiyā)	ویڑھیو (veṛheyo)
ablative	ویڑھیوں (veṛheyoṉ)	ویڑھیْاں (veṛhiyāṉ)
locative	–	ویڑھِیں (veṛhīṉ)
instrumental	ویڑھے (veṛhe)	–

Adjective

ویڑھا • (veṛhā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਵੇੜ੍ਹਾ)

1. verbal adjective of ویڑھنا (veṛhnā, “to surround; encompass; enclose; gather”)

Declension

Declension of ویڑھا
	masculine			feminine
	singular	plural		singular	plural
direct	ویڑھا ({{{2}}}ā)	ویڑھے ({{{2}}}e)		ویڑھی ({{{2}}}ī)	ویڑھِیاں ({{{2}}}iyāṉ)
oblique	ویڑھے ({{{2}}}e)	ویڑھیاں ({{{2}}}eyāṉ)		ویڑھی ({{{2}}}ī)	ویڑھِیاں ({{{2}}}iyāṉ)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “ویڑھا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਵੇੜ੍ਹਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vēṣṭá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 703