खंडहर

Hindi

Alternative forms

• खँडहर (khãḍhar), खँड़हर (khãṛhar)
• खंडर (khaṇḍar), खँड़र (khãṛar) — pronunciation variants

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit *खण्डघर (khaṇḍaghara), from खण्ड (khaṇḍa, “broken, having chasms”) +‎ *घर (ghara, “house”). Compare Punjabi ਖੰਢਰ (khaṇḍhar).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /kʰəɳ.ɖə.ɦəɾ/, [kʰɐ̃ɳ.ɖɛ.ɦɛɾ], /kʰəɳɖ.ɦəɾ/, [kʰɐ̃ɳɖ.ɦɐɾ], /kʰəɳ.ɖʱəɾ/, [kʰɐ̃ɳ.ɖʱɐɾ]

Adjective

खंडहर • (khaṇḍhar) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling کَھنْڈَھر)

1. in ruins, dilapidated

Noun

खंडहर • (khaṇḍhar) m (Urdu spelling کَھنْڈَھر)

1. a ruin (remains of a destroyed or dilapidated construction)
2. a dilapidated building
3. (usually in the plural) a mass of ruins (e.g., of a village or town)
4. (obsolete) broken or raviny ground
5. (obsolete) chasm, hole, gap, abyss

Declension

Declension of खंडहर (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	खंडहर khaṇḍhar	खंडहर khaṇḍhar
oblique	खंडहर khaṇḍhar	खंडहरों khaṇḍharõ
vocative	खंडहर khaṇḍhar	खंडहरो khaṇḍharo

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “khaṇḍaghara”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 199
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “खंडहर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 224
• Platts, John T. (1884) “کهنڐر”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 881