झण्डा

Nepali

Etymology

From Sanskrit *ध्वजदण्ड (dhvajadaṇḍa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [d͡zʱʌ̤ɳɖä]
• Phonetic Devanagari: झण्डा

Noun

झण्डा • (jhaṇḍā)

1. flag, flagstaff

Declension

Declension of झण्डा
	Singular	Plural
nominative	झण्डा [d͡zʱʌɳɖä]	झण्डाहरू [d͡zʱʌɳɖä̤ːɾu]
accusative	झण्डालाई [d͡zʱʌɳɖäläi]	झण्डाहरूलाई [d͡zʱʌɳɖä̤ːɾuläi]
instrumental/ergative	झण्डाले [d͡zʱʌɳɖäle]	झण्डाहरूले [d͡zʱʌɳɖä̤ːɾule]
dative	झण्डालाई [d͡zʱʌɳɖäläi]	झण्डाहरूलाई [d͡zʱʌɳɖä̤ːɾuläi]
ablative	झण्डाबाट [d͡zʱʌɳɖäbäʈʌ]	झण्डाहरूबाट [d͡zʱʌɳɖä̤ːɾubäʈʌ]
genitive	झण्डाको [d͡zʱʌɳɖäko]	झण्डाहरूको [d͡zʱʌɳɖä̤ːɾuko]
locative	झण्डामा [d͡zʱʌɳɖämä]	झण्डाहरूमा [d͡zʱʌɳɖä̤ːɾumä]
Notes: -को (-ko) becomes: -का (-kā) when followed by a plural noun. -की (-kī) when followed by a feminine noun.

References

• Schmidt, Turner (2022) “झण्डा”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Nepali Dictionaries]