ਦਾੜ੍ਹੀ

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Punjabi ਦਾੜੀ (dāṛī /⁠dāṛhī⁠/), from Prakrit 𑀤𑀸𑀠𑀺𑀆 (dāḍhiā), from Sanskrit दाढिका (dāḍhikā).

Noun

ਦਾੜ੍ਹੀ • (dāṛhī) f (Shahmukhi spelling داڑھی)

1. beard (facial hair)

Declension

Declension of ਦਾੜ੍ਹੀ

	singular	plural
direct	ਦਾੜ੍ਹੀ (dāṛhī)	ਦਾੜ੍ਹੀਆਂ (dāṛhīā̃)
oblique	ਦਾੜ੍ਹੀ (dāṛhī)	ਦਾੜ੍ਹੀਆਂ (dāṛhīā̃)
vocative	ਦਾੜ੍ਹੀਏ (dāṛhīē)	ਦਾੜ੍ਹੀਓ (dāṛhīo)
ablative	—	—
locative	—	—
instrumental	—	—

Further reading

• Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਦਾਡ਼੍ਹੀ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons, page 275.
• “ਦਾੜ੍ਹੀ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*dāṁṣṭra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 358