ਹੱਤਿਆ

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit ਹਤ੍ਯਾ (hatyā), from the root verb ਹਨ੍ (han, to kill, slay, destroy, strike down).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /ɦət̪̚.t̪ɪ.äː/, [ˈɦət̪̚.t̪ɪ.jäː], [ˈʔət̪̚˩.t̪ɪä̯ː]
  • (Doabi) IPA(key): [ɦətːeˈäː]
  • Hyphenation: ਹੱ‧ਤਿ‧ਆ
  • Rhymes: -äː

Noun

ਹੱਤਿਆ • (hattiāf (Shahmukhi spelling ہتیا)

  1. (countable) an instance of murder
    ਹੱਤਿਆ ਦੇ ਵੇਲ਼ੇ ਕਿੱਥੇ ਸੀ?
    hattiā de veḷe kitthe sī?
    Where were you at the time of the murder?
  2. (uncountable) murder, killing, slaughter

Declension

Declension of ਹੱਤਿਆ
singular plural
direct ਹੱਤਿਆ (hattiā) ਹੱਤਿਆਵਾਂ (hattiāvā̃)
oblique ਹੱਤਿਆ (hattiā) ਹੱਤਿਆਵਾਂ (hattiāvā̃)
vocative ਹੱਤਿਆਵੇ (hattiāve) ਹੱਤਿਆਵੋ (hattiāvo)
ablative ਹੱਤਿਆਵੋਂ (hattiāvõ)
locative ਹੱਤਿਆਵੇ (hattiāve) ਹੱਤਿਆਵੀਂ (hattiāvī̃)
instrumental ਹੱਤਿਆਵੇ (hattiāve) ਹੱਤਿਆਵੀਂ (hattiāvī̃)

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • ਹੱਤਿਆਰਾ (hattiārā, murderer)
  • ਆਪ ਹੱਤਿਆ (āpa hattiā, suicide, literally self-murder)
  • ਆਤਮ ਹੱਤਿਆ (ātam hattiā, suicide)
  • ਹੱਤਿਆ ਕਾਂਡ (hattiā kāṇḍ, murder case)
  • ਹੱਤਿਆ ਹੋਣਾ (hattiā hoṇā, to be murdered or for a murder to happen)
  • ਹੱਤਿਆ ਕਰਨਾ (hattiā karnā, to commit murder)

References

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