پونچھ
Urdu edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /pũːt͡ʃʰ/
- Rhymes: -ũːt͡ʃʰ
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀧𑀼𑀁𑀙 (puṃcha), from Sanskrit पुच्छ (púccha), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *púsćas, from Proto-Indo-European *puḱsos. First attested as Old Hindi پونچھ. Cognate with Punjabi پُچّھ (pucch) / ਪੁੱਛ (puccha).
Noun edit
پُون٘چھ • (pū̃ch) f (Hindi spelling पूँछ)
Declension edit
Declension of پونچھ | ||
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singular | plural | |
direct | پونچھ (pūṉch) | پونچھیں (pūṉchẽ) |
oblique | پونچھ (pūṉch) | پونچھوں (pūṉchõ) |
vocative | پونچھ (pūṉch) | پونچھو (pūṉcho) |
Etymology 2 edit
Compare Kashmiri پرٛوٗنٛژھ (prūnċh).
Proper noun edit
پُونچھ • (pūnch) m (Hindi spelling पुंछ)
- Poonch (a town, a district of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India).
- Poonch (a district, a division of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan).
- Poonch (a river in the autonomous territory of Azad Jammu and Kashmir in Pakistan and the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir in India).
- (historical) Poonch (a district in the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir).
- Poonchh (a village in Moth tehsil, Jhansi district, Uttar Pradesh, India).
Further reading edit
- “پونچھ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “پونچھ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “púccha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press