پوڑی

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit *पदड (padaḍa).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /pɔː.ɽiː/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: پَو‧ڑی

Noun

پَوڑی • (pauṛī) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਪੌੜੀ)

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

Declension

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)	پَوڑیاں (pauṛeyāṉ)
locative	پَوڑیے (pauṛiye)	پَوڑیِیں (pauṛīiīṉ)
instrumental	پَوڑیِیں (pauṛīiīṉ)	پَوڑیے (pauṛiye)

Further reading

• 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