اتے

Pahari-Potwari

Etymology

Inherited from Old Punjabi اتے.

Conjunction

اَتَے (atai)

  1. and

Punjabi

Etymology 1

Inherited from Paisaci Prakrit [Term?], from Sanskrit उत्तमे (uttame, literally in the highest), locative of उत्तम (uttamá).

Postposition

اُتّے • (utte) (Gurmukhi spelling ਉੱਤੇ)

  1. on
  2. over, atop
Alternative forms
  • تے (te)contraction

References

  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “uttamá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Punjabi اَتَے (atai), تَے (tai). Compare Saraiki اَتّے (atte), اَتّیں (atteṉ).

Conjunction

اتے • (ate) (Gurmukhi spelling ਅਤੇ)

  1. and
Alternative forms
  • تے (te)contraction