پوتھا

Punjabi

Etymology

Masculine of پوتھی (pothī), inherited from Prakrit 𑀧𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀺𑀬𑀸 (putthiyā), from Sanskrit *पोस्तक (postaka), पुस्तिका (pustikā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /poː.t̪ʰäː/, [poːt̪.t̪ʰäː]
• Rhymes: -äː
• Hyphenation: پو‧تھا

Noun

پوتھا • (pothā) f (feminine پوتھی, Gurmukhi spelling ਪੋਥਾ)

1. a large book; tome

Declension

Declension of پوتھا
dir. sg.	پوتھا (pothā)
dir. pl.	پوتھے (pothe)
	singular	plural
direct	پوتھا (pothā)	پوتھے (pothe)
oblique	پوتھے (pothe)	پوتھیْاں (pothiyāṉ)
vocative	پوتھیْا (pothiyā)	پوتھیو (potheyo)
ablative	پوتھیوں (potheyoṉ)	پوتھیْاں (pothiyāṉ)
locative	–	پوتھِیں (pothīṉ)
instrumental	پوتھے (pothe)	–

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “پوتھا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਪੋਥਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*pōstaka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 478