औंधा

Hindi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew

Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háwa

Sanskrit अव (ava)

Sanskrit अव- (ava-)

Proto-Indo-European *ml̥Hdʰṓ

Proto-Indo-Iranian *mr̥Hdʰā́

Sanskrit मूर्धन् (mūrdhan)

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Sanskrit -क (-ka)

Sanskrit अवमूर्धक (avamūrdhaka)

Prakrit 𑀑𑀫𑀼𑀤𑁆𑀥𑀕 (omuddhaga)

Hindi औंधा (aundhā)

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀑𑀫𑀼𑀤𑁆𑀥𑀕 (omuddhaga), from Sanskrit अवमूर्धक (avamūrdhaka), from अव- (ava-) + मूर्धन् (mūrdhan) + -क (-ka).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɔːn.d̪ʱɑː/, [ɔ̃ːn̪.d̪ʱäː]

Adjective

औंधा • (aundhā) (Urdu spelling اوندھا)

1. face down, upside down
2. overturned, in utter confusion, ruined, fallen flat
3. crooked, wrong, adverse (as fortune)

Declension

Declension of औंधा (ā-stem)

	masculine		feminine
	singular	plural	singular	plural
direct	औंधा aundhā	औंधे aundhe	औंधी aundhī	औंधी aundhī
oblique	औंधे aundhe	औंधे aundhe	औंधी aundhī	औंधी aundhī
vocative	औंधे aundhe	औंधे aundhe	औंधी aundhī	औंधी aundhī

Noun

औंधा • (aundhā) m (Urdu spelling اوندھا)

1. (slang, figurative) a fool

Declension

Declension of औंधा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	औंधा aundhā	औंधे aundhe
oblique	औंधे aundhe	औंधों aundhõ
vocative	औंधे aundhe	औंधो aundho

Derived terms

• औंधना (aundhnā, “to be overturned”)
• औंधाना (aundhānā, “to overturn”)
• औंधे मुँह (aundhe mũh, “face-down, head-first”)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “औंधा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press