گھنڈ
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Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: kùṇḍă IPA(key): /kʊ̃˨ɳɖə̆/
Noun
گُھنْڈ • (ghunḍ) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਘੁੰਡ)
- veil, cover
- 1988, “مُنڈیا [munḍeyā]”, in مکھڑا [mukhṛā], performed by Noor Jehan:
- نئیں شرماں دا گھنڈ لاہی دا
- na'īṉ śarmāṉ dā ghunḍ lāhī dā
- No, you shouldn't lift the veil [of modesty]
- secret
Declension
| Declension of گھنڈ | ||
|---|---|---|
| dir. sg. | گُھنْڈ (ghunḍ) | |
| dir. pl. | گُھنْڈ (ghunḍ) | |
| singular | plural | |
| direct | گُھنْڈ (ghunḍ) | گُھنْڈ (ghunḍ) |
| oblique | گُھنْڈ (ghunḍ) | گُھنْڈاں (ghunḍāṉ) |
| vocative | گُھنْڈا (ghunḍā) | گُھنْڈو (ghunḍo) |
| ablative | گُھنْڈوں (ghunḍoṉ) | گُھنْڈاں (ghunḍāṉ) |
| locative | گُھنْڈے (ghunḍe) | گُھنْڈِیں (ghunḍīṉ) |
| instrumental | گُھنْڈوں (ghunḍoṉ) | – |
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “گھُنڈ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- “ਘੁੰਡ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ghuṇṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 242
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