بیٹا

See also: بیتا

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Hindi بیٿا (byṭa),[1] from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀩𑀺𑀝𑁆𑀝 (biṭṭa),[2] from Sanskrit बटु (baṭu, “boy, lad, chap”) or a related term. Ultimately, may have been borrowed from Munda.

Pronunciation

Noun

بیٹا • (beṭā) m (feminine بیٹی (beṭī), Hindi spelling बेटा)

  1. son, boy
    Synonyms: پِسَر (pisar), فَرْزَنْد (farzand)
  2. (endearing) child (any gender)

Declension

Declension of بیٹا
singular plural
direct بیٹا (beṭā) بیٹے (beṭe)
oblique بیٹے (beṭe) بیٹوں (beṭõ)
vocative بیٹے (beṭe) بیٹو (beṭo)

References

  1. ^ “بیٹا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  2. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bidda”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 522

Further reading

More information
  • “بیٹا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “بيٹا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “بيٿا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 206
  • S. W. Fallon (1879) “بيتَا”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 314
  • John Shakespear (1834) “بیٹا”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
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