پوڑی

Punjabi

Etymology

    Inherited from Sanskrit *पदड (*padaḍa).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    پَوڑی • (pauṛīf (Gurmukhi spelling ਪੌੜੀ)

    1. step of a ladder; a ladder
    2. stair (a flight of stairs)
    3. family tree

    Declension

    Declension of پوڑی
    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