گندھک
Urdu
Etymology
From Sanskrit गन्धक (gandhaka, “sulfur”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɡən.d̪ʱək/
Noun
گَنْدَھک • (gandhak) f (Hindi spelling गंधक)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | گَنْدَھک (gandhak) | گَنْدَھکیں (gandhakẽ) |
| oblique | گَنْدَھک (gandhak) | گَنْدَھکوں (gandhakõ) |
| vocative | گَنْدَھک (gandhak) | گَنْدَھکو (gandhako) |
Synonyms
- کبریت (kibrīt)
References
- “گندھک”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “گندھک”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “گندھک”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.