ٹیڑھا

Urdu

Etymology

From Prakrit [script needed] (*trēḍḍha-, “crooked”), related to Sanskrit टेरक (ṭeraka, “squinting”) and टगर (ṭagara, “squint-eyed”), the latter whence Hindi टग्रा (ṭagrā, “cross-eyed”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ٹیْڑھا • (ṭeṛhā) (Hindi spelling टी्ढ़ा)

  1. crooked, bent, askew
  2. complex, complicated

Further reading

  • “ٹیڑھا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “ٹیڑھا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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