کاڑھا

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit *𑀓𑀸𑀠-𑀕 (*kāḍha-ga). Compare Gujarati કાઢો (kāḍho), Marathi काढा (kāḍhā), Sindhi ڪاڙهو / काढ़ो, Marwari काढौ (kāḍhau), Punjabi ਕਾੜ੍ਹਾ (kāṛhā) / کاڑھا (kāṛhā), Maithili काढ़ा (kāṛhā) / 𑒏𑒰𑒜𑓃𑒰 (kāṛhā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /kɑː.ɽʱɑː/

Noun

کاڑھا • (kāṛhā) m (Hindi spelling काढ़ा)

1. decoction of medicinal herbs

Declension

Declension of کاڑھا
	singular	plural
direct	کاڑھا (kāṛhā)	کاڑھے (kāṛhe)
oblique	کاڑھے (kāṛhe)	کاڑھوں (kāṛhõ)
vocative	کاڑھے (kāṛhe)	کاڑھو (kāṛho)

Further reading

• “کاڑھا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• “کاڑھا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kvāthá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press