ਢਿੱਲ

Punjabi

Etymology

Cognate with Hindi ढील (ḍhīl).

Noun

ਢਿੱਲ • (ḍhilla) f

  1. looseness, play
  2. slackness, tardiness
  3. slowness, laziness, sluggishness
  4. delay, procrastination

Derived terms

  • ਢਿੱਲ ਮੱਠ (ḍhilla maṭṭha​, “laziness, remissness, slowness”, adjective)
  • ਢਿੱਲਾ (ḍhillā, “loose; lazy, remiss, inattentive, late”, adjective)
  • ਢਿੱਲੜ (ḍhillaṛ, “one who is loose; lazy, remiss, inattentive, late”, adjective)
  • ਢੈਲਾ (ḍhailā, “lazy, not active, loose, inattentive, willing to relinquish a quarrel”, adjective)

Further reading

  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “ḍhila”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 316
  • Singh, Bhai Maya (1895), “ਢਿੱਲ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.
  • “ਢਿੱਲ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026
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