پوتا

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Hindi پوتا (pvta),[1] from Prakrit *𑀧𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀅 (*pŏttaa), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀧𑁄𑀢𑀓 (potaka /⁠pottaka⁠/), from Sanskrit पौत्र (paútra) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-).[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

پوتا • (potā) m (feminine پوتی (potī), Hindi spelling पोता)

  1. son's son, paternal grandson
    Coordinate term: ناتی (nātī, “daughter's son”)

Declension

Declension of پوتا
singular plural
direct پوتا (potā) پوتے (pote)
oblique پوتے (pote) پوتوں (potõ)
vocative پوتے (pote) پوتو (poto)

Derived terms

  • پَرْپوتا (parpotā)

References

  1. ^ “پوتا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  2. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “paútra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 478

Further reading

More information
  • “پوتا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “پوتا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 163
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “پوتا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • S. W. Fallon (1879) “پوتا”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
  • John Shakespear (1834) “پوتا”, 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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