गड़बड़

See also: गडबड

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀕𑀟𑀯𑀟 (gaḍavaḍa). Cognate with Gujarati ગડબડ (gaḍbaḍ), Marathi गडबड (gaḍbaḍ), Bengali গড়বড় (goṛoboṛ).[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

गड़बड़ • (gaṛbaṛ) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling گَڑْبَڑ)

  1. irregular, messy
  2. confusing
  3. fishy, suspicious

Noun

गड़बड़ • (gaṛbaṛ) m or f (Urdu spelling گَڑْبَڑ)

  1. mess, confusion, being amiss

Declension

Declension of गड़बड़ (masc cons-stem // fem cons-stem)
singular plural
direct गड़बड़
gaṛbaṛ 		गड़बड़, गड़बड़ें
gaṛbaṛ, gaṛbaṛẽ
oblique गड़बड़
gaṛbaṛ 		गड़बड़ों
gaṛbaṛõ
vocative गड़बड़
gaṛbaṛ 		गड़बड़ो
gaṛbaṛo

Derived terms

  • गड़बड़ करना (gaṛbaṛ karnā, “to make a mess”)
  • गड़बड़-घोटाला (gaṛbaṛ-ghoṭālā)
  • गड़बड़झाला (gaṛbaṛjhālā)
  • गड़बड़ाना (gaṛabṛānā)
  • गड़बड़ाहट (gaṛabṛāhaṭ)
  • गड़बड़ी (gaṛabṛī)

References

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