Punjabi edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Sanskrit *पदड (padaḍa).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

پَوڑی (pauṛīf (Gurmukhi spelling ਪੌੜੀ)

  1. ladder
  2. stair (a flight of stairs)
  3. family tree

Declension edit

Declension of پوڑی
dir. sg. پَوڑی (pauṛī)
dir. pl. پَوڑیاں (pauṛeyāṉ)
singular plural
direct پَوڑی (pauṛī) پَوڑیاں (pauṛeyāṉ)
oblique پَوڑی (pauṛī) پَوڑیاں (pauṛeyāṉ)
vocative پَوڑیے (pauṛiye) پَوڑیو (pauṛeyo)
ablative پَوڑیوں (pauṛeyoṉ)
locative پَوڑیے (pauṛiye) پَوڑیِیں (pauṛīiīṉ)
instrumental پَوڑیے (pauṛiye) پَوڑیِیں (pauṛīiīṉ)

Further reading edit

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “پَوڑی”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • ਪੌੜੀ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*padaḍa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 438