گدھی

Urdu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Sanskrit गर्दभ (gardabha)

Prakrit 𑀕𑀤𑁆𑀤𑀳 (gaddaha)

Urdu گَدھا (gadhā)

Urdu گَدھی (gadhī)

Feminine of گَدھا (gadhā, “donkey”), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀕𑀟𑁆𑀟𑀳 (gaḍḍaha), 𑀕𑀤𑁆𑀤𑀳 (gaddaha), from Sanskrit गर्दभ (gardabha).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɡə.d̪ʱiː/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: گَ‧دھی

Noun

گَدھی • (gadhī) f (Hindi spelling गधी)

1. feminine of گَدھا (gadhā, “donkey”)
2. a jenny; jennet

Declension

Declension of گدھی

	singular	plural
direct	گَدھی (gadhī)	گَدھِیاں (gadhiyā̃)
oblique	گَدھی (gadhī)	گَدھِیوں (gadhiyō̃)
vocative	گَدھی (gadhī)	گَدھِیو (gadhiyō)

Adjective

گَدھی • (gadhī) (Hindi spelling गधी)

1. (figuratively) a fool; she-ass – feminine of گَدھا (gadhā)

Declension

Declension of گدھی

	masculine			feminine
	singular	plural		singular	plural
direct	گَدھا (gadhā)	گَدھے (gadhe)		گَدھی (gadhī)	گَدھی (gadhī)
indirect	گَدھے (gadhe)	گَدھے (gadhe)		گَدھی (gadhī)	گَدھی (gadhī)

Further reading

• “گدھی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “گدھی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “گدھی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “gardabhá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press