ٹبر

See also: ٹَبر

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit [script needed] (*ṭabbara-, “boy”). Cognate with Urdu ٹابَر (ṭābar) / Hindi टाबर (ṭābar).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /ʈəb.bəɾᵊ/

• Audio (Eastern Punjab):

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• Rhymes: -əɾ

Noun

ٹَبَّر • (ṭabbar) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਟੱਬਰ)

1. household, family
2. clan
3. (colloquial) wife
4. a flock or herd (of sheep or goats etc.)

Declension

Declension of ٹبر
dir. sg.	ٹَبَّر (ṭabbar)
dir. pl.	ٹَبَّر (ṭabbar)
	singular	plural
direct	ٹَبَّر (ṭabbar)	ٹَبَّر (ṭabbar)
oblique	ٹَبَّر (ṭabbar)	ٹَبَّراں (ṭabbarāṉ)
vocative	ٹَبَّرا (ṭabbarā)	ٹَبَّرو (ṭabbaro)
ablative	ٹَبَّروں (ṭabbaroṉ)	—
locative	ٹَبَّرے (ṭabbare)	ٹَبَّرِیں (ṭabbarīṉ)
instrumental	ٹَبَّرے (ṭabbare)	ٹَبَّرِیں (ṭabbarīṉ)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “ٹبّر”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਟੱਬਰ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “†*ṭabbara-”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 306