gilli-danda
gilli-danda noun: a game played in several Asian countries, in which a large stick is used to hit a small oval-shaped piece of wood. It is played much like tipcat, baseball, and cricket.
Noun
gilli-danda (uncountable)
- A game played in several Asian countries, in which a large stick is used to hit a small oval-shaped piece of wood. It is played much like tipcat, baseball, and cricket.
- It is played by children of all ages. Boys like it especially, but it is not unusual to see girls and even adults playing Gilli Danda!1970, Instructor, Volume 80, Instructor Publications
- Bhuvan the hero of the film to understand 'cricket', relates it to his understanding of their native folk game of Gilli Danda. He says: ball (image of the silli thing) is gola-gola-ball, bat-phalli-phalli-bat.2004, Triveni: Journal of Indian Renaissance, Volume 73, Triveni Publishers
gilli-danda meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Bengali
gilli-danda in Hindi
- game
- गिल्ली डंडा gillī ḍaṇḍā, गुल्लीडंडा gullīḍaṇḍā, गुल्लीडण्डा gullīḍaṇḍā
gilli-danda in Tamil
- game
- கிட்டிப் புள் kiṭṭip puḷ
gilli-danda in Marathi
- game
- विटी दांडू viṭī dāṇḍū
gilli-danda in Bengali
- game
- ডাংগুলি ḍaṅguli, ড্যাংবাড়ি ḍêṅbaṛi, গুটবাড়ি guṭbaṛi, ট্যামডাং ṭêmoḍaṅ, ভ্যাটাডান্ডা bhêṭaḍanḍa
More languagesFewer languages
- gilli-danda in Kannada
- ಚಿನ್ನಿ ದಾಂಡು cinni dāṇḍu, ಗಿಲ್ಲಿ ದಾಂಡು gilli dāṇḍu, ಹಾಣೆ ಗೆಂಡೆ hāṇe geṇḍe, ಚಿನ್ನಿ ಕೋಲು cinni kōlu
- gilli-danda in Punjabi
- ਗੁੱਲੀ ਡੰਡਾ gullī ḍaṇḍā
- gilli-danda in Odia
- ଗୁଲି ବାଡ଼ି guli bāṛi, ଡାବଲପୁଆ ḍābalapuā, ପିଲବାଡ଼ି pilabāṛi, ଗୁଟିଡାବୁଳ guṭiḍābuḷa
Examples of gilli-danda in a sentence
- This happens because the hero of the film asserts that cricket is only a poor copy of their own age-old children's game of gilli-danda.2013, Subhas Ranjan Chakraborty, Shantanu Chakrabarti, Kingshuk Chatterjee, The Politics of Sport in South Asia, Routledge, page 156:
- A game of gilli-danda continues until all players have had a turn at being on strike.2015, Victoria Williams Ph.D., Weird Sports and Wacky Games around the World: From Buzkashi to Zorbing, ABC-CLIO, page 122:
Forms of gilli-danda
| alternative form | Gilli-danda |
|---|---|
| alternative form | Gilli-Danda |
| alternative form | gilli danda |
| alternative form | Gilli Danda |
| alternative form | gillidanda |
| alternative form | guli danda |
Origin of gilli-danda
Ultimately from Sanskrit दण्ड (daṇḍa).
Questions about gilli-danda
- What does gilli-danda mean?
- Gilli-danda means a game played in several Asian countries, in which a large stick is used to hit a small oval-shaped piece of wood. It is played much like tipcat, baseball, and cricket.
- What is gilli-danda in Hindi?
- Gilli-danda in Hindi is गिल्ली डंडा (gillī ḍaṇḍā), गुल्लीडंडा (gullīḍaṇḍā), गुल्लीडण्डा (gullīḍaṇḍā). See Gilli-danda meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use gilli-danda in a sentence?
- This happens because the hero of the film asserts that cricket is only a poor copy of their own age-old children's game of gilli-danda.
- What part of speech is gilli-danda?
- Gilli-danda is a noun.
Words near gilli-danda in the dictionary
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