الہڑ
Punjabi
Alternative forms
- اَلَّھڑ (állaṛ)
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit *𑀅𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀟 (*allaḍa). Cognate with Urdu اَلْہَڑ (alhaṛ) / Hindi अल्हड़ (alhaṛ), Sindhi اَلَڙُ (alaṛu), Marathi अल्लड (allaḍ), Gujarati અલ્લડ (allaḍ) and Nepali अल्लड (allaḍ) / अल्लढ (allaḍh).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: állaṛă IPA(key): /ə˦l.ləɽᵊ/, [ɐ˦l.ləɽᵊ]
Adjective
اَلّہَڑ • (állaṛ) (indeclinable, Gurmukhi spelling ਅੱਲ੍ਹੜ)
- naive; young; adolescent (of a girl)
- inexperienced; immature (of a girl)
Noun
اَلّہَڑ • (állaṛ) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਅੱਲ੍ਹੜ)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | اَلّہَڑ (allhaṛ) | اَلّہَڑاں (allhaṛāṉ) |
| oblique | اَلّہَڑ (allhaṛ) | اَلّہَڑاں (allhaṛāṉ) |
| vocative | اَلّہَڑے (allhaṛe) | اَلّہَڑو (allhaṛo) |
| ablative | اَلّہَڑوں (allhaṛoṉ) | اَلّہَڑاں (allhaṛāṉ) |
| locative | اَلّہَڑی (allhaṛī) | اَلّہَڑِیں (allhaṛīṉ) |
| instrumental | اَلّہَڑِیں (allhaṛīṉ) | اَلّہَڑے (allhaṛe) |
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “الہڑ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]
- “ਅੱਲ੍ਹੜ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “*allaḍa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press