وڏو

Sindhi

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *werdʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-Iranian *wr̥dᶻdʰás
Sanskrit वृद्ध (vṛddha)
Ashokan Prakrit 𑀯𑀼𑀠 (vuḍha)
Prakrit 𑀯𑀼𑀟𑁆𑀠 (vuḍḍha)?
Prakrit 𑀯𑀟𑁆𑀟 (vaḍḍa)
Sindhi وڏو

    Inherited from Prakrit 𑀯𑀟𑁆𑀟 (vaḍḍa), possibly from 𑀯𑀼𑀟𑁆𑀠 (vuḍḍha), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀯𑀼𑀠 (vuḍha), from Sanskrit वृद्ध (vṛddha), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wr̥dᶻdʰás, from Proto-Indo-European *werdʰ- + *-tós.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [ʋəɗo]

    Adjective

    وَڏو • (vaḏo) (Devanagari वॾो)

    1. big, large
      ڪوْئيْٽا بلوْچِسْتان جوْ سڀُ کان وَڏوْ ضِلعوْ آهي
      kvyṭā blvcistā̃ jv sbhu khā̃ vaḏv ẓilʻv āhe
      Quetta is Balochistan's biggest district

    References

    • Khānu, Balocu (1960–1988), “وڏو”, in Jāmiʻ Sindhī lughāta (in Sindhi), Hyderabad, Sindh: Sindhī Adabī Borḍ
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