ٹھیٹھ

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit, from Sanskrit स्थेष्ठ (stheṣṭha). Compare Hindi ठेठ (ṭheṭh) / ٹھیٹ (ṭheṭ), Gujarati ઠેઠ (ṭheṭh) and Marathi थेट (theṭ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /ʈʰeːʈʰə̆/

Adjective

ٹھیٹھ • (ṭheṭh) (indeclinable, Gurmukhi spelling ਠੇਠ)

1. genuine, authentic, pure
2. (of languages) unmixed with other languages, pure

   ٹھیٹھ پَنْجابی

   ṭheṭh panjābī

   pure Punjabi; Punjabi without Sanskrit or Perso-Arabic loanwords

References

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