गुंडा

See also: गैंडा and گنڈا‎

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit गोण्ड (goṇḍa, “Gond people”).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɡʊɳ.ɖɑː/, [ɡʊ̃ɳ.ɖäː]

Noun

गुंडा • (guṇḍā) m (Urdu spelling غنڈہ‎)

hooligan, hoodlum
पुलिस ने सब गुंडों को पकड़ लिया।
pulis ne sab guṇḍõ ko pakaṛ liyā.
The police rounded up all the hoodlums.

Synonyms: बदमाश (badmāś), दुष्ट (duṣṭ)

Declension

Declension of गुंडा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	गुंडा guṇḍā	गुंडे guṇḍe
oblique	गुंडे guṇḍe	गुंडों guṇḍõ
vocative	गुंडे guṇḍe	गुंडो guṇḍo

Descendants

English: goonta
Malayalam: ഗുണ്ട (guṇṭa)

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “गुंडा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Bahri, Hardev (1989), “गुंडा”, in Siksarthi Hindi-Angrejhi Sabdakosa [Learners' Hindi-English Dictionary], Delhi: Rajpal & Sons.

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