پتلا

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀧𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀮 (pattala, “thin”), from Sanskrit पत्त्रल (pattralá, “leafy”). Cognate with Gujarati પાતળું (pātaḷũ), Marathi पातळ (pātaḷ), Odia ପାତଳ (pātaḷa), Bengali পাতলা (patola), Assamese পাতল (patol).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /pət̪.lɑː/

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پتلا • (patlā) (Hindi spelling पतला)

1. thin, lean, slender

   Antonym: موٹا (moṭā)

2. emaciate; weak
3. delicate; frail
4. high-pitched, soprano

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pattralá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press