پوڑی
Punjabi
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit *पदड (*padaḍa).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /pɔː.ɽiː/
- Rhymes: -iː
- Hyphenation: پَو‧ڑی
Noun
پَوڑی • (pauṛī) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਪੌੜੀ)
- step of a ladder; a ladder
- stair (a flight of stairs)
- family tree
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | پَوڑی (pauṛī) | پَوڑِیاں (pauṛīyāṉ) |
| oblique | پَوڑی (pauṛī) | پَوڑِیاں (pauṛīyāṉ) |
| vocative | پَوڑِیے (pauṛiye) | پَوڑِیو (pauṛīv) |
| ablative | پَوڑِیوں (pauṛīvṉ) | پَوڑِیاں (pauṛīyāṉ) |
| locative | — | — |
| instrumental | — | — |
Descendants
- → Pashto: پوړۍ (poṛɘɪ)
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “پَوڑی”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- “ਪੌੜੀ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*padaḍa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 438