تولیا

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani तौलिया / تَولِیَہ (tauliya), from Portuguese toalha.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Punjabi, India) IPA(key): /t̪ɔː.lɪ.ɑː, t̪ɔː.ɭɪ.ɑː/
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  • Rhymes: -ɑː

Noun

تولیا • (taulīā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਤੌਲੀਆ)

  1. towel
    میْنُوْں توْلِیا دے دِیوْ ― menūṉ tolīyā de dīv ― Give me the towel.
    میْرا توُلِیا کِتّھے گَیا؟ ― Where did my towel go?

References

  1. ^ Xavier, Anthony Soares, transl. (1936) [1913], Portuguese Vocables in Asiatic Languages, Baroda: Oriental Institute, translation of Influencia do Vocabulario Português em Línguas Asiáticas by Sebastião Rodolfo Dalgado (in Portuguese), →ISBN, page 345, column 2
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