بتھیرا
Punjabi edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Prakrit [Term?], ultimately from Sanskrit बहुत्व (bahutva).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /bə.t̪ʰeː.ɾäː/
- Rhymes: -äː
Adjective edit
بَتھیرا • (batherā) (feminine بتھیری, Gurmukhi spelling ਬਥੇਰਾ)
- plenty, abundant
- Synonym: ڈھیر (ḍher)
- میْرے کوْل بَتھیْرا اے کَہَݨ واسطے۔
- mere kol batherā le kahaṇ vāsṭe
- I have plenty to say.
- much
- Synonym: بَہُت (bót)
- sufficient, enough
- Synonym: کافی (kāfī)
Declension edit
| Declension of بتھیرا | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| direct | بَتھیرا (batherā) | بَتھیرے (bathere) | بَتھیری (batherī) | بَتھیریاں (batherīyāṉ) | |
| oblique | بَتھیرے (bathere) | بَتھیریْاں (batheriyāṉ) | بَتھیری (batherī) | بَتھیریاں (batherīyāṉ) | |
References edit
- “ਬਥੇਰਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “بتھیرا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bahutva”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 519