گوڈا

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit *गोड्ड (goḍḍa). Cognate with Saraiki ڳوݙا (g̈oḏā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /ɡoː.ɖäː/, [ɡoːɖˑäː]

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• Rhymes: -äː
• Hyphenation: گو‧ڈا

Noun

گوڈا • (goḍā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਗੋਡਾ)

1. (anatomy) knee

Declension

Declension of گوڈا
dir. sg.	گوڈا (goḍā)
dir. pl.	گوڈے (goḍe)
	singular	plural
direct	گوڈا (goḍā)	گوڈے (goḍe)
oblique	گوڈے (goḍe)	گوڈیْاں (goḍiyāṉ)
vocative	گوڈیْا (goḍiyā)	گوڈیو (goḍeyo)
ablative	گوڈیوں (goḍeyoṉ)	گوڈیْاں (goḍiyāṉ)
locative	–	گوڈِیں (goḍīṉ)
instrumental	گوڈے (goḍe)	–

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “گوڈا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਗੋਡਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “gōḍḍa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press