پوتھا
Punjabi
Etymology
Masculine of پوتھی (pothī), inherited from Prakrit 𑀧𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀺𑀬𑀸 (putthiyā), from Sanskrit *पोस्तक (*postaka), पुस्तिका (pustikā).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /poː.t̪ʰäː/, [poːt̪.t̪ʰäː]
- Rhymes: -äː
- Hyphenation: پو‧تھا
Noun
پوتھا • (pothā) f (feminine پوتھی, Gurmukhi spelling ਪੋਥਾ)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | پوتھا (pothā) | پوتھے (pothe) |
| oblique | پوتھے (pothe) | پوتھیْاں (pothiyāṉ) |
| vocative | پوتھیْا (pothiyā) | پوتھیو (potheyo) |
| ablative | پوتھیوں (potheyoṉ) | پوتھیْاں (pothiyāṉ) |
| locative | – | پوتھِیں (pothīṉ) |
| instrumental | پوتھے (pothe) | – |
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “پوتھا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- “ਪੋਥਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*pōstaka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 478