اتے
Pahari-Potwari
Etymology
Inherited from Old Punjabi اتے.
Conjunction
اَتَے (atai)
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)
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)
Alternative forms
- تے (te) — contraction