Word Meaning
जद्दी
jaddī
Meaning
Ancestral, hereditary, belonging to one's forefathers or lineage.
Detailed Meaning
The term denotes something ancestral or handed down through generations of forebears. In the satirical context of this couplet, it qualifies the proverbial 'one-and-a-half brick mosque'—mocking an inherited, petty sectarian isolationism as if it were a grand ancestral heritage, though colloquial usage occasionally conflates it with 'ziddī' (stubborn).
Etymology
Arabic origin, derived from 'jadd' (جدّ), meaning grandfather or ancestor, with the adjectival suffix 'ī' (یاے نسبتی).
Usage
In classical and modern Urdu verse, it is employed either literally for inherited honor and property or satirically for ingrained tribalism and prejudices.
Examples
jaddī jāydād kā jhagṛā (dispute over ancestral property)
kuchh aib bhī hote haiñ tabī'at meñ jaddī (some flaws of temperament are inherited from ancestors)