اتھرو
Punjabi
Etymology
Borrowed from Ashkun [Term?], from Sanskrit अश्रु॑ (áśru, “tear”). Doublet of ہَن٘جُھو (haṉjhū). Cognate with Dogri अत्थरूं (attharū̃) and Urdu آنسو (ā̃sū).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /ət.tʰə̆.ɾuː/
- Rhymes: -uː
Noun
اَتّْھرُو • (atthrū) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਅੱਥਰੂ)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | اَتّھرُو (atthrū) | اَتّھرُو (atthrū) |
| oblique | اَتّھرُو (atthrū) | اَتّھرُواں (atthrūāṉ) |
| vocative | اَتّھرُوا (atthrūā) | اَتّھرُوو (atthrūv) |
| ablative | اَتّھرُووں (atthrūvṉ) | اَتّھرُواں (atthrūāṉ) |
| locative | اَتّھرُوے (atthrūe) | اَتّھرُوِیں (atthruvīṉ) |
| instrumental | اَتّھرُووں (atthrūvṉ) | – |
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “اتھرُو”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “اَتھرو”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
- “ਅੱਥਰੂ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “áśru”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press