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 • (hattiā) f (Shahmukhi spelling ہتیا)
- (countable) an instance of murder
- ਹੱਤਿਆ ਦੇ ਵੇਲ਼ੇ ਕਿੱਥੇ ਸੀ?
- hattiā de veḷe kitthe sī?
- Where were you at the time of the murder?
- (uncountable) murder, killing, slaughter
Declension
| 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”)