گوانڈھ

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Punjabi

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Etymology

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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

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

Noun

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گَوانڈھ or گُوَانڈھ (transliteration needed or gūānḍhm (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

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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

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Further reading

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  • 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