टिड्डा
Hindi
Etymology
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit तिड्ड (tiḍḍa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-) without cluster simplification, of uncertain and perhaps Munda origin. Cognate with Gujarati તીડ (tīḍ), Punjabi ਟਿੱਡਾ (ṭiḍḍā), Pahari-Potwari تْرِڈّا (triḍḍā).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Hindi) IPA(key): /ʈɪɖ.ɖɑː/, [ʈɪɖ̚.ɖäː]
Noun
टिड्डा • (ṭiḍḍā) m (female equivalent टिड्डी, Urdu spelling ٹڈا)
- cricket, grig
- grasshopper, locust
- Synonyms: टिड्डी (ṭiḍḍī), टीड़ी (ṭīṛī)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | टिड्डा ṭiḍḍā |
टिड्डे ṭiḍḍe |
| oblique | टिड्डे ṭiḍḍe |
टिड्डों ṭiḍḍõ |
| vocative | टिड्डे ṭiḍḍe |
टिड्डो ṭiḍḍo |
References
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “triḍḍa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press