گوانڈھ

Punjabi

FWOTD – 31 July 2023

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit [script needed] (gāmaddha), from Sanskrit ग्रामार्ध (grāmārdha, “vicinity of village”), compound of ग्राम (grā́ma, “village”) +‎ अर्ध (árdha, “half; side; place”). Compare Saraiki گَوان٘ڈھ / گَواڈھ and Marathi गांवधें (gāuvdhẽ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: gavā́ṇḍă, guv–, gu– IPA^(key): /ɡə.ʋä̃ː˦ɳɖə̆/, /ɡʊ.ʋä̃ː˦ɳɖə̆/, /ɡʊ.ä̃ː˦ɳɖə̆/
• Hyphenation: گ‧واݨڈھ
• Hyphenation: گُو‧آݨڈھ

Noun

گَوانڈھ or گُوَانڈھ • (transliteration needed or gūānḍh) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਗਵਾਂਢ or ਗੁਆਂਢ)

1. neighbourhood (covering the immediate vicinity)

   Synonyms: پَڑوس (paṛos), (wider neighbourhood; suburb) مَحَلَّہ (maḥallah)

   • 1977, تَنْوِیر بُخاری [tanvīr buxārī], پنجاب ميں پيدائش اور موت كى رسميں [The customs on the occasions of birth and death in Punjab], →OCLC, page 110:

     جے برادری نہ ہووے تاں گلی محلّے یا اَڈّ گوانڈھ چوں لوکی واری واری روٹی پکاؤندے نیں تے کَوڑا وَٹّا دیندے نیں۔

     je barādarī na hove tāṉ galī maḥalle ya aḍḍ gavānḍh coṉ lokī vārī vārī roṭī pakā'onde neṉ te kauṛā vaṭṭā dende neṉ.

     If [such] one does not relate to any community (clan), then the [people residing in the] street or area or the neighbourhood take it in turn to bake and offer food in condolence.

Declension

Declension of گوانڈھ
dir. sg.	گُوَانڈھ (gūānḍh)
dir. pl.	گُوَانڈھ (gūānḍh)
	singular	plural
direct	گُوَانڈھ (gūānḍh)	گُوَانڈھ (gūānḍh)
oblique	گُوَانڈھ (gūānḍh)	گُوَانڈھاں (gūānḍhāṉ)
vocative	گُوَانڈھا (gūānḍhā)	گُوَانڈھو (gūānḍho)
ablative	گُوَانڈھوں (gūānḍhoṉ)	گُوَانڈھاں (gūānḍhāṉ)
locative	گُوَانڈھے (gūānḍhe)	گُوَانڈھِیں (gūānḍhīṉ)
instrumental	گُوَانڈھوں (gūānḍhoṉ)	–

Derived terms

• گَوانڈھی m (“neighbour”)
• گَوانڈَھݨ f (“neighbour”)

Further reading

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