پٹھا

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit प्रपृष्ठ (prapr̥ṣṭhá). Cognate with Odia ପୈଠ (paiṭha).

Pronunciation

Adjective

پُٹّھا • (puṭṭhā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਪੁੱਠਾ)

  1. reverse; opposite
  2. wrong, improper
  3. upside down, inverted, overturned

Declension

Declension of پٹھا
masculine feminine
singular plural singular plural
direct پُٹّھا (puṭṭhā) پُٹّھے (puṭṭhe) پُٹّھی (puṭṭhī) پُٹّھِیاں (puṭṭhiyāṉ)
oblique پُٹّھے (puṭṭhe) پُٹّھیاں (puṭṭheyāṉ) پُٹّھی (puṭṭhī) پُٹّھِیاں (puṭṭhiyāṉ)

Further reading

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “پُٹھّا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • ਪੁੱਠਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “prapr̥ṣṭhá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 490