گدھ

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀕𑀺𑀤𑁆𑀥 (giddha), from Sanskrit गृध्र (gṛ́dhra). Compare Gujarati ગીધ (gīdh), ગીધડું (gīdhḍũ), Marathi गिधाड (gidhāḍ).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɡɪd̪d̪ʱ/

Noun

گِدّھ • (giddh) m (Hindi spelling गिद्ध)

vulture

Declension

Declension of گدھ
	singular	plural
direct	گِدّھ (giddh)	گِدّھ (giddh)
oblique	گِدّھ (giddh)	گِدّھوں (giddhō̃)
vocative	گِدّھ (giddh)	گِدّھو (giddhō)

References

Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “گدهـ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “gŕ̊dhra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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