ढुण्ढ्

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

ঢুণ্ঢ্ (Assamese script)
ᬠᬸᬡ᭄ᬠ᭄ (Balinese script)
ঢুণ্ঢ্ (Bengali script)
𑰛𑰲𑰜𑰿𑰛𑰿 (Bhaiksuki script)
𑀠𑀼𑀡𑁆𑀠𑁆 (Brahmi script)
ဎုဏ္ဎ် (Burmese script)
ઢુણ્ઢ્ (Gujarati script)
ਢੁਣ੍ਢ੍ (Gurmukhi script)
𑌢𑍁𑌣𑍍𑌢𑍍 (Grantha script)
ꦞꦸꦟ꧀ꦞ꧀ (Javanese script)
𑂛𑂳𑂝𑂹𑂛𑂹 (Kaithi script)
ಢುಣ್ಢ್ (Kannada script)
ឍុណ្ឍ៑ (Khmer script)
ຒຸຓ຺ຒ຺ (Lao script)
ഢുണ്ഢ് (Malayalam script)
ᢟᡠᢏᢟ (Manchu script)
𑘛𑘳𑘜𑘿𑘛𑘿 (Modi script)
ᢎᠾᠤᢏᢎᠾ (Mongolian script)
𑦻𑧔𑦼𑧠𑦻𑧠 (Nandinagari script)
𑐝𑐸𑐞𑑂𑐝𑑂 (Newa script)
ଢୁଣ୍ଢ୍ (Odia script)
ꢟꢸꢠ꣄ꢟ꣄ (Saurashtra script)
𑆞𑆶𑆟𑇀𑆞𑇀 (Sharada script)
𑖛𑖲𑖜𑖿𑖛𑖿 (Siddham script)
ඪුණ‍්ඪ් (Sinhalese script)
𑩩𑩒𑩪 𑪙𑩩 𑪙 (Soyombo script)
𑚗𑚰𑚘𑚶𑚗𑚶 (Takri script)
டு⁴ண்ட்⁴ (Tamil script)
ఢుణ్ఢ్ (Telugu script)
ฒุณฺฒฺ (Thai script)
ཌྷུ་ཎྜྷ྄ (Tibetan script)
𑒜𑒳𑒝𑓂𑒜𑓂 (Tirhuta script)
𑨗𑨃𑨘𑩇𑨗𑨴 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

A root with abundant descendants in colloquial Indic, but marginally attested within Late Sanskrit (only in sutras) and neglected by etymological dictionaries focusing specifically on Sanskrit, of obscure, possibly substrate or sound-symbolic, origin.

Pronunciation

(Vedic) IPA^(key): /ɖʱuɳɖʱ/
(Classical Sanskrit) IPA^(key): /ɖʱuɳɖʱ/

Root

ढुण्ढ् • (ḍhuṇḍh)

to search, investigate

Derived terms

ढुण्ढन (ḍhuṇḍhana)

Descendants

⇒ Prakrit: *𑀥𑀼𑀁𑀠𑀇 (*dhuṃḍhaï), *𑀠𑀼𑀁𑀠𑀇 (*ḍhuṃḍhaï)
- Eastern Indo-Aryan:
  - Odia: ଧୁଂଢିବା (dhuṇḍhibā, “to search”)
- Central Indo-Aryan:
  - Gujarati: ઢૂંઢવું (ḍhū̃ḍhvũ)
  - Hindustani:
    - Hindi: ढूँढना (ḍhūṇḍhnā), ढूँढ़ना (ḍhū̃ṛhnā)
    - Urdu: ڈھونڈنا (ḍhūnḍnā)
- Paisaci Prakrit:
  - Punjabi: ਢੁੰਡਣਾ (ḍhuṇḍṇā)
- Southern Indo-Aryan:
  - Marathi: धुंडणे (dhuṇḍṇe), धुंडाळणे (dhuṇḍāḷṇe)
- Western Indo-Aryan:
  - Gujarati: ધુંઢવું (dhuṇḍhvũ), ઢૂંઢવું (ḍhū̃ḍhvũ)
  - >? Romani: rodel