گھنڈ

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Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit *घुन्ट (ghunṭa). Cognate with Pahari-Potwari [script needed] (ghùṇḍu, veil carried by the goddess) and Dhundhari घूंड (ghūṇḍ, veil).

Pronunciation

Noun

گُھنْڈ (ghunḍ) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਘੁੰਡ)

  1. 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
  2. secret

Declension

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Declension of گھنڈ
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)
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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, 2025
  • 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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