ਝਟਕਾ

Punjabi

Etymology

From Sanskrit झटिति (jhaṭiti).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t͡ʃə˨.t̪ə̆.kaː]

Noun

ਝਟਕਾ • (jhaṭkā) m (Shahmukhi spelling جھٹکا)

  1. jerk, sudden stroke
  2. (Sikhism) jhatka

Declension

Declension of ਝਟਕਾ
singular plural
direct ਝਟਕਾ (jhaṭkā) ਝਟਕੇ (jhaṭke)
oblique ਝਟਕੇ (jhaṭke) ਝਟਕਿਆਂ (jhaṭkiā̃)
vocative ਝਟਕਿਆ (jhaṭkiā) ਝਟਕਿਓ (jhaṭkio)
ablative ਝਟਕਿਓਂ (jhaṭkiõ) —
locative ਝਟਕੇ (jhaṭke) —
instrumental ਝਟਕੇ (jhaṭke) —

Derived terms

  • ਝਟਕਈ m (jhaṭkaī, “butcher of jhatka meat”)
  • ਝਟਕਣਾ (jhaṭkaṇā, “jerk, jolt”, verb)
  • ਝਟਕਾਉਣਾ (jhaṭkāuṇā, “slaughter in accordance with jhatka”, verb)

Descendants

  • → English: jhatka

References

  • “ਝਟਕਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
  • Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਝਟਕਾ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.
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