कंधा

• कन्धा (kandhā) — alternative spelling

Inherited without cluster simplification from Prakrit कंध (kaṃdha), खंध (khaṃdha), from Sanskrit स्कन्ध (skandha, “shoulder”). Compare archaic काँध (kāndh), काँधा (kāndhā). Cognate to Assamese কান্ধ (kandh), Marathi खांदा (khāndā), and Nepali काँध (kā̃dh).

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /kən.d̪ʱɑː/, [kɐ̃n̪.d̪ʱäː]

कंधा • (kandhā) m (Urdu spelling کندھا)

1. (anatomy) shoulder

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “कंधा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “skandhá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 785