بڈھا
Punjabi
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀯𑀼𑀠 (vuḍha /vuḍḍha/).
Noun
بُڈّھا • (búḍḍā) m (feminine بُڈّھی, Gurmukhi spelling ਬੁੱਢਾ)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | بُڈّھا (buḍḍhā) | بُڈّھے (buḍḍhe) |
| oblique | بُڈّھے (buḍḍhe) | بُڈّھیْاں (buḍḍhiyāṉ) |
| vocative | بُڈّھیْا (buḍḍhiyā) | بُڈّھیو (buḍḍheyo) |
| ablative | بُڈّھیوں (buḍḍheyoṉ) | بُڈّھیْاں (buḍḍhiyāṉ) |
| locative | – | بُڈّھِیں (buḍḍhīṉ) |
| instrumental | بُڈّھے (buḍḍhe) | – |
Adjective
بُڈّھا • (buḍḍhā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਬੁੱਢਾ)
Declension
| masculine | feminine | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| direct | بُڈّھا (búḍḍā) | بُڈّھے (búḍḍe) | بُڈّھی (búḍḍī) | بُڈّھِیاں (búḍḍiyāṉ) | |
| oblique | بُڈّھے (búḍḍe) | بُڈّھیاں (búḍḍeyāṉ) | بُڈّھی (búḍḍī) | بُڈّھِیاں (búḍḍiyāṉ) | |
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “بُڈھّا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- “ਬੁੱਢਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “buḍḍha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 524