بوٹا
Pahari-Potwari
Etymology
Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀩𑀽𑀝 (*būṭa).
Pronunciation
- (phr) IPA(key): /buː.ʈäː/
Noun
بُوٹا (būṭā) m
Punjabi
Etymology
Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀩𑀽𑀝 (*būṭa). Cognate with Urdu بُوٹا (būṭā).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /buː.ʈäː/
- Rhymes: -äː
- Hyphenation: بُو‧ٹا
Adjective
بُوٹا • (būṭā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਬੂਟਾ) (figuratively)
Declension
| masculine | feminine | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| direct | بُوٹا (būṭā) | بُوٹے (būṭe) | بُوٹی (būṭī) | بُوٹِیاں (būṭiyāṉ) | |
| oblique | بُوٹے (būṭe) | بُوٹیاں (būṭeyāṉ) | بُوٹی (būṭī) | بُوٹِیاں (būṭiyāṉ) | |
Noun
بُوٹا • (būṭā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਬੂਟਾ)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | بُوٹا (būṭā) | بُوٹے (būṭe) |
| oblique | بُوٹے (būṭe) | بُوٹیْاں (būṭiyāṉ) |
| vocative | بُوٹیْا (būṭiyā) | بُوٹیو (būṭeyo) |
| ablative | بُوٹیوں (būṭeyoṉ) | بُوٹیْاں (būṭiyāṉ) |
| locative | – | بُوٹِیں (būṭīṉ) |
| instrumental | بُوٹے (būṭe) | – |
Proper noun
بُوٹا • (būṭā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਬੂਟਾ)
- a male given name, Boota
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “بُوٹا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- “بوٹا”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “būṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press