ठंड

Hindi

Alternative forms

  • ठण्ड (ṭhaṇḍ), ठंढ (ṭhaṇḍh), ठण्ढ (ṭhaṇḍh)

Etymology

  • Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ-
    Proto-Indo-Iranian *stabdʰás
    Sanskrit स्तब्ध (stabdha)
    Prakrit 𑀞𑀟𑁆𑀠 (ṭhaḍḍha)
    Proto-Dravidian *taṇinflu.
    Hindi ठंड (ṭhaṇḍ)

    Inherited from Prakrit ठड्ढ (ṭhaḍḍha, “blunted, cold”), with contamination of -ṇ- from a derivative of Proto-Dravidian *taṇ (“cold”), from Sanskrit स्तब्ध (stabdha, “firm, stiff”) (undergoing retroflexion),[1] from Proto-Indo-Iranian *stabdʰás, from Proto-Indo-European *stebʰ-tós, with semantic shift of "firm" to "sluggish" to "cold". Doublet of स्तब्ध (stabdh, “stunned”). Cognate with Kashmiri थंड् (thaṃḍ), Punjabi ਠੰਢ / ٹھنڈھ (ṭhaṇḍha), Nepali ठण्डा (ṭhaṇḍā), Gujarati ઠંડું (ṭhaṇḍũ), Bengali ঠান্ডা (ṭhanḍa), Odia ଠଣ୍ଡା (ṭhaṇḍā), Bhojpuri ठण्ढा (ṭhaṇḍhā), Marathi थंड (thaṇḍa), Sindhi ٿَڌ / थध (thadh).

    Pronunciation

    • (Delhi) IPA(key): /ʈʰəɳɖ/, [ʈʰɐ̃ɳɖ]

    Noun

    ठंड • (ṭhaṇḍ) f (Urdu spelling ٹھنڈ)

    1. cold, coldness
      मुझे ठंड लग रही है। ― mujhe ṭhaṇḍ lag rahī hai. ― I feel cold.

    Declension

    Declension of ठंड (fem cons-stem)
    singular plural
    direct ठंड
    ṭhaṇḍ     		ठंडें
    ṭhaṇḍẽ
    oblique ठंड
    ṭhaṇḍ     		ठंडों
    ṭhaṇḍõ
    vocative ठंड
    ṭhaṇḍ     		ठंडो
    ṭhaṇḍo

    Derived terms

    References

    1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “stabdha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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