ठुड्डी

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀞𑀼𑀟𑁆𑀟 (*ṭhuḍḍa), one of several variants of Sanskrit तुण्ड (tuṇḍa, “beak, trunk, snout”), certainly non-Indo-Aryan and probably from Munda. Compare ठोड़ी (ṭhoṛī), टोटी (ṭoṭī), टोंटी (ṭõṭī),

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʈʰʊɖ.ɖiː/, [ʈʰʊɖ̚.ɖiː]

Noun

ठुड्डी • (ṭhuḍḍī) f (Urdu spelling ٹھڈی)

chin
Synonym: चिबुक (cibuk)

Declension

Declension of ठुड्डी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	ठुड्डी ṭhuḍḍī	ठुड्डियाँ ṭhuḍḍiyā̃
oblique	ठुड्डी ṭhuḍḍī	ठुड्डियों ṭhuḍḍiyõ
vocative	ठुड्डी ṭhuḍḍī	ठुड्डियो ṭhuḍḍiyo

Related terms

टोंट (ṭõṭ)
टोंटी (ṭõṭī)
टोटी (ṭoṭī)
ठोड़ी (ṭhoṛī)
थूथन (thūthan)
थूथनी (thūthnī)

References

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “tunda”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “ठुड्डी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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