ठोड़ी

See also: ठंडा

Hindi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ʈʰoː.ɽiː/

Noun

ठोड़ी • (ṭhoṛī) f (Urdu spelling ٹھوڑی)

chin
Synonym: चिबुक (cibuk)

Declension

Declension of ठोड़ी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	ठोड़ी ṭhoṛī	ठोड़ियाँ ṭhoṛiyā̃
oblique	ठोड़ी ṭhoṛī	ठोड़ियों ṭhoṛiyõ
vocative	ठोड़ी ṭhoṛī	ठोड़ियो ṭhoṛiyo

Related terms

टोंट (ṭõṭ)
टोंटी (ṭõṭī)
टोटी (ṭoṭī)
ठुड्डी (ṭhuḍḍī)
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) “ठोड़ी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

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