بہتیرا
Punjabi
Alternative forms
- بَتھیرا (batherā)
Etymology
بَہُت (bahut) + ـیْرا (-erā) (comparative suffix)
Pronunciation
- (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /bɔ.teː˥˩.ɾaː/
- Rhymes: -äː
Adjective
بَہُتیرا • (bahuterā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਬਹੁਤੇਰਾ)
- plenty, abundant
- Synonym: ڈھیر (ḍher)
- میرے کوࣇ بہتیرا اے کہݨ واسطے۔
- mere koḷ bahuterā ai kahiṇ vāste.
- I have plenty to say.
- much
- sufficient, enough
- Synonym: کافی (kāfī)
Declension
| masculine | feminine | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| direct | بَہُتیرا (bahuterā) | بَہُتیرے (bahutere) | بَہُتیری (bahuterī) | بَہُتیرِیاں (bahuteriyāṉ) | |
| oblique | بَہُتیرے (bahutere) | بَہُتیریاں (bahutereyāṉ) | بَہُتیری (bahuterī) | بَہُتیرِیاں (bahuteriyāṉ) | |
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “بہتیرا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- “ਬਹੁਤੇਰਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bahutva”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 519