گوانڈھ

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit [script needed] (gāmaddha), from Sanskrit ग्रामार्ध (grāmārdha, “vicinity of village”), compound of ग्राम (grā́ma, “village”) +‎ अर्ध (árdha, “half; side; place”). Compare Saraiki گَوان٘ڈھ‎ (gavāṉḍh) / گَواڈھ‎ (gavāḍh) and Marathi गांवधें (gāuvdhẽ).

Pronunciation

(Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /ɡə.ʋä̃ː˦ɳɖə̆/, /ɡʊ.ʋä̃ː˦ɳɖə̆/, /ɡʊ.ä̃ː˦ɳɖə̆/
Phonetic: gavā́ṇḍă, guvā́ṇḍă, guā́ṇḍă
Hyphenation: گ‧واݨڈھ
Hyphenation: گُو‧آݨڈھ

Noun

گَوانڈھ or گُوَانڈھ • (gavānḍh or guvānḍh) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਗਵਾਂਢ or ਗੁਆਂਢ)

neighbourhood (covering the immediate vicinity)
- 1977, تَنْوِیر بُخاری – tanvīr buxārī, پنجاب ميں پيدائش اور موت كى رسميں [The customs on the occasions of birth and death in Punjab], OCLC 22181571, page 110:
  ‏جے برادری نہ ہووے تاں گلی محلّے یا اَڈّ گوانڈھ چوں لوکی واری واری روٹی پکاؤندے نیں تے کَوڑا وَٹّا دیندے نیں۔‎‎
  je barādarī na hove tāṉ galī maḥalle ya aḍḍ gavānḍh coṉ lokī vārī vārī roṭī pakā'onde neṉ te kauṛā vaṭṭā dende neṉ.
  If [such one is] not part of or from a community (clan), then the [people residing in the] street or area or the neighbourhood take it in turn to bake and offer food in condolence.
Synonym: پَڑوس‎ (paṛos)

Declension

Declension of گوانڈھ
dir. sg.	گَوانڈھ‎ (gavānḍh)
dir. pl.	گَوانڈھ‎ (gavānḍh)
	singular	plural
direct	گَوانڈھ‎ (gavānḍh)	گَوانڈھ‎ (gavānḍh)
oblique	گَوانڈھ‎ (gavānḍh)	گَوانڈھاں‎ (gavānḍhāṉ)
vocative	گَوانڈھا‎ (gavānḍhā)	گَوانڈھو‎ (gavānḍho)
ablative	گَوانڈھوں‎ (gavānḍhoṉ)	—
locative	گَوانڈھے‎ (gavānḍhe)	گَوانڈھِیں‎ (gavānḍhīṉ)
instrumental	گَوانڈھے‎ (gavānḍhe)	گَوانڈھِیں‎ (gavānḍhīṉ)

Derived terms

گَوانڈھی‎ m (gavānḍhī, “neighbour”)
گَوانڈَھݨ‎ f (gavānḍhaṇ, “neighbour”)

References

“گوانڈھ‎”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2023
Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “گوانڈھ‎”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “grāmārdha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press