धुंध

See also: धंधा

Hindi

Alternative forms

  • धुन्ध (dhundh), धुंद (dhund), धुन्द (dhund)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Hindi دھند (dhnd /⁠dhund⁠/) (c. 1562),[1] from Sanskrit *धूमान्ध (*dhūmāndha), from धूम (dhūmá, “smoke, haze”) +‎ अन्ध (andhá, “blind”) (compare धूमाक्ष (dhūmākṣá)).[2]

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Hindi) IPA(key): /d̪ʱʊnd̪ʱ/, [d̪ʱʊ̃n̪d̪ʱ]
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Noun

धुंध • (dhundh) f (Urdu spelling دھندھ)

  1. fog, haze
    Synonym: कोहरा (kohrā)

Declension

Declension of धुंध (fem cons-stem)
singular plural
direct धुंध
dhundh 		धुंधें
dhundhẽ
oblique धुंध
dhundh 		धुंधों
dhundhõ
vocative धुंध
dhundh 		धुंधो
dhundho

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “धुंध”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  2. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “*dhūmāndha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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