पिंजड़ा

Hindi

Alternative forms

पिंजरा (piñjrā)

Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit पिञ्जर (piñjara, “cage, skeleton”). Compare Punjabi ਪਿੰਜਰਾ (piñjarā), Gujarati પીંજરું (pī̃jrũ).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɪɲd͡ʒ.ɽɑː/

Noun

पिंजड़ा • (piñjṛā) m

cage, enclosure
पिंजड़ा साफ करना ― piñjṛā sāph karnā ― to clean a cage

References

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “पिंजड़ा”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 627

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