ठिंगना

Inherited from Proto-New Indo-Aryan *ठिंग (ṭhiṃga) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀡- (-ṇa-) + -𑀓- (-ka-). Compare Punjabi ਠਿਗਣਾ (ṭhigṇā) / ٹھِگݨا (ṭhigṇā), Gujarati ઠીંગણું (ṭhī̃gṇũ), Marathi ठेंगणे (ṭheṅgṇe).

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʈʰɪ̃ɡ.nɑː/, [ʈʰɪ̃ɡ.näː]

ठिंगना • (ṭhĩgnā) (Urdu spelling ٹِھنْگنا)

1. midget, dwarf, unusually short

   ठिंगना क़द का ― ṭhĩgnā qad kā ― of short stature

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “ठिंगना”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 412
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “*ṭhiṅga²”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 307