Source: https://jugti.com/kosh/words/moddha/ ਮ [Kosh](https://jugti.com/kosh/)/[Words](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/)/Noun Word # ਮੋਢਾ moddha Say it**MOD-dha, two syllables, with a soft breathy dh**Type**Noun** In short Moddha (ਮੋਢਾ) is the Punjabi word for the shoulder, the joint where the arm meets the body and the part that carries loads. Punjabi also uses kandha for the shoulder, but moddha is the word for a bump from the side and for the phrase modhe naal modha jorna, to stand shoulder to shoulder. ## How it's used 1. 1ਉਸ ਨੇ ਕਣਕ ਦੀ ਬੋਰੀ ਮੋਢੇ ਉੱਤੇ ਚੁੱਕ ਲਈ੤He lifted the sack of wheat onto his shoulder. _carrying a load on the moddha_ 2. 2ਮੇਰੇ ਮੋਢੇ ਵਿੱਚ ਦਰਦ ਹੈ੤My shoulder hurts. _pain in the shoulder_ 3. 3ਮੁਸ਼ਕਲ ਸਮੇਂ ਸਾਰੇ ਮੋਢੇ ਨਾਲ ਮੋਢਾ ਜੋੜ ਕੇ ਖੜ੍ਹੇ ਹੋ ਗਏ੤In the hard time, everyone stood shoulder to shoulder. _modhe naal modha jorna in action_ Show 1 more example 1. 4ਬੱਚਾ ਪਿਓ ਦੇ ਮੋਢਿਆਂ ਉੱਤੇ ਬੈਠ ਕੇ ਮੇਲਾ ਦੇਖ ਰਿਹਾ ਸੀ੤The child sat on his father's shoulders, watching the fair. _a child riding on shoulders_ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਰਥ ਮੋਢਾ ਸਰੀਰ ਦਾ ਉਹ ਹਿੱਸਾ ਹੈ ਜਿੱਥੇ ਬਾਂਹ ਧੜ ਨਾਲ ਜੁੜਦੀ ਹੈ੤ ਇਹ ਭਾਰ ਚੁੱਕਣ ਦਾ ਥਾਂ ਹੈ: ਕਣਕ ਦੀ ਬੋਰੀ, ਪਾਣੀ ਦਾ ਘੜਾ ਅਤੇ ਬੱਚੇ ਸਭ ਮੋਢਿਆਂ ਉੱਤੇ ਚੁੱਕੇ ਜਾਂਦੇ ਹਨ੤ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਮੋਢੇ ਲਈ ਇੱਕ ਹੋਰ ਸ਼ਬਦ ਕੰਧਾ ਵੀ ਹੈ੤ ਮੋਢੇ ਨਾਲ ਮੋਢਾ ਜੋੜਨਾ ਇੱਕ ਮੁਹਾਵਰਾ ਹੈ, ਜਿਸ ਦਾ ਅਰਥ ਹੈ ਸਭ ਦਾ ਮਿਲ ਕੇ ਕੰਮ ਕਰਨਾ ਅਤੇ ਮੁਸ਼ਕਲ ਵਿੱਚ ਸਾਥ ਦੇਣਾ੤ Moddha (ਮੋਢਾ) is the Punjabi word for the shoulder: the joint where the arm joins the body, and the broad top of the arm and back beside the neck. It is the body's carrying shelf, the part loads rest on, and the word Punjabis reach for when work is shared. ## What does moddha mean in Punjabi? Moddha means shoulder. Punjabi has a second word for the same part, kandha (ਕੰਧਾ), and speakers use both. A study of Punjabi body words notes one small difference: moddha can name the side of the shoulder as well as the shoulder as a whole, so a bump against someone is moddha marna, hitting with the shoulder, while kandha is not used that way. For carrying, the two words work the same: a load lifted onto the shoulder is modhe te chukna or kandhe te chukna. In everyday speech moddha is the warmer and more common choice across much of Punjab, and it is the word inside the best known shoulder phrase in the language. ## What does modhe naal modha jorna mean? Modhe naal modha jorna, shoulder joined with shoulder, means to stand together and share a task or a hard time, and Jugti has a full Kosh page for that phrase. The picture behind it is two people side by side, close enough that their shoulders touch. Families use it at weddings and harvests, and a village uses it when everyone turns out to help one house. ## How do you say shoulder in Punjabi? Shoulder in Punjabi is ਮੋਢਾ (moddha). The plural, shoulders, is ਮੋਢੇ (modhe), as in modhe te chukna, to lift onto the shoulders. To say my shoulder hurts, say ਮੇਰੇ ਮੋਢੇ ਵਿੱਚ ਦਰਦ ਹੈ (mere modhe vich darad hai). ## Related words [ਮੋਢੇ ਨਾਲ ਮੋਢਾ ਜੋੜਨਾmodhe naal modha jornaTo stand shoulder to shoulder](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/modhe-naal-modha-jorna/)[ਹੱਥhathhand](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/hath/)[ਸਰੀਰ ਦੇ ਸ਼ਬਦSareer de ShabdPunjabi body words: head, eye, ear, nose, mouth, hand and foot in Gurmukhi, with meanings](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/punjabi-body-words/)[ਦਿਮਾਗ਼dimaagbrain: the organ of thought, and by extension the thinking mind](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/dimaag/) Sources (2) 1. [Shoulder Meaning in Punjabi | Khandbahale](https://www.khandbahale.com/language/punjabi-dictionary-translation-meaning-of-Shoulder) 2. [Body Part Categorisation in Punjabi, Asifa Majid, Language Sciences 28 (2006)](https://www.academia.edu/10834956/Body%5Fpart%5Fcategorisation%5Fin%5FPunjabi) [Report a correction](https://jugti.com/corrections/) **Jugti is free and independent.** Reader support keeps the Kosh growing. 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