گوانڈھ

Inherited from Prakrit [script needed] (gāmaddha), from Sanskrit ग्रामार्ध (grāmārdha, “vicinity of village”), compound of ग्राम (grā́ma, “village”) +‎ अर्ध (árdha, “half; side; place”). Compare Saraiki گَوان٘ڈھ‎ / گَواڈھ‎ and Marathi गांवधें (gāuvdhẽ).

• (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: gavā́ṇḍă, guv–, gu– IPA^(key): /ɡə.ʋä̃ː˦ɳɖə̆/, /ɡʊ.ʋä̃ː˦ɳɖə̆/, /ɡʊ.ä̃ː˦ɳɖə̆/
• Hyphenation: گ‧واݨڈھ
• Hyphenation: گُو‧آݨڈھ

گَوانڈھ or گُوَانڈھ • (transliteration needed or gūānḍh) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਗਵਾਂਢ or ਗੁਆਂਢ)

1. neighbourhood (covering the immediate vicinity)

   Synonyms: پَڑوس‎ (paṛos), (wider neighbourhood; suburb) مَحَلَّہ‎ (maḥallah)

   • 1977, تَنْوِیر بُخاری [tanvīr buxārī], پنجاب ميں پيدائش اور موت كى رسميں [The customs on the occasions of birth and death in Punjab], →OCLC, page 110:

     ‏جے برادری نہ ہووے تاں گلی محلّے یا اَڈّ گوانڈھ چوں لوکی واری واری روٹی پکاؤندے نیں تے کَوڑا وَٹّا دیندے نیں۔‎‎

     je barādarī na hove tāṉ galī maḥalle ya aḍḍ gavānḍh coṉ lokī vārī vārī roṭī pakā'onde neṉ te kauṛā vaṭṭā dende neṉ.

     If [such] one does not relate to any community (clan), then the [people residing in the] street or area or the neighbourhood take it in turn to bake and offer food in condolence.

• گَوانڈھی‎ m (“neighbour”)
• گَوانڈَھݨ‎ f (“neighbour”)

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “گوانڈھ‎”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “گوانڈھ‎”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “grāmārdha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press