ਝੂਠਾ
Punjabi
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit जुष्ट (juṣṭa). Cognate with Hindi झूठा (jhūṭhā).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [t͡ʃuː˨ʈʰaː]
Noun
ਝੂਠਾ • (jhūṭhā) m (Shahmukhi spelling جھُوٹھا)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | ਝੂਠਾ (jhūṭhā) | ਝੂਠੇ (jhūṭhe) |
| oblique | ਝੂਠੇ (jhūṭhe) | ਝੂਠਿਆਂ (jhūṭhiā̃) |
| vocative | ਝੂਠਿਆ (jhūṭhiā) | ਝੂਠਿਓ (jhūṭhio) |
| ablative | ਝੂਠਿਓਂ (jhūṭhiõ) | — |
| locative | ਝੂਠੇ (jhūṭhe) | — |
| instrumental | ਝੂਠੇ (jhūṭhe) | — |
Adjective
ਝੂਠਾ • (jhūṭhā) (Shahmukhi spelling جھُوٹھا)
- insincere, faithless; unreal; unsound, invalid, weak, unserviceable; alloyed; factitious, forged; imaginary, delusive
Declension
| masculine | feminine | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| direct | ਝੂਠਾ (jhūṭhā) | ਝੂਠੇ (jhūṭhe) | ਝੂਠੀ (jhūṭhī) | ਝੂਠੀਆਂ (jhūṭhīā̃) | |
| oblique | ਝੂਠੇ (jhūṭhe) | ਝੂਠਿਆਂ (jhūṭhiā̃) | ਝੂਠੀ (jhūṭhī) | ਝੂਠੀਆਂ (jhūṭhīā̃) | |
References
- Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਝੂਠਾ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.