گانڈ
Urdu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Sanskrit गण्ड (gaṇḍá). Cognate with Assamese গাঁৰ (gãr).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɡɑːnɖ/
- (Punjabic Urdu) IPA(key): [ɡä̃ːɳɖ]
- (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) IPA(key): [ɡãːɳɖ]
- Rhymes: -ɑːnɖ
Noun
[edit]گانْڈ • (gānḍ) f (Hindi spelling गांड)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | گانڈ (gānḍ) | گانڈیں (gānḍẽ) |
| oblique | گانڈ (gānḍ) | گانڈوں (gānḍõ) |
| vocative | گانڈ (gānḍ) | گانڈو (gānḍo) |
Related terms
[edit]- گانڈو (gānḍū)
Further reading
[edit]- “گانڈ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “گانڈ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “گانڈ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.