ਝੂਠਾ

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit जुष्ट (juṣṭa). Cognate with Hindi झूठा (jhūṭhā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃuː˨ʈʰaː]

Noun

ਝੂਠਾ • (jhūṭhā) m (Shahmukhi spelling جھُوٹھا)

1. liar

Declension

Declension of ਝੂਠਾ
dir. sg.	ਝੂਠਾ (jhūṭhā)
dir. pl.	ਝੂਠੇ (jhūṭhe)
	singular	plural
direct	ਝੂਠਾ (jhūṭhā)	ਝੂਠੇ (jhūṭhe)
oblique	ਝੂਠੇ (jhūṭhe)	ਝੂਠਿਆਂ (jhūṭhiā̃)
vocative	ਝੂਠਿਆ (jhūṭhiā)	ਝੂਠਿਓ (jhūṭhio)
ablative	ਝੂਠਿਓਂ (jhūṭhiõ)	—
locative	ਝੂਠੇ (jhūṭhe)	—
instrumental	ਝੂਠੇ (jhūṭhe)	—

Adjective

ਝੂਠਾ • (jhūṭhā) (Shahmukhi spelling جھُوٹھا)

1. insincere, faithless; unreal; unsound, invalid, weak, unserviceable; alloyed; factitious, forged; imaginary, delusive

Declension

Declension of ਝੂਠਾ
	masculine			feminine
	singular	plural		singular	plural
direct	ਝੂਠਾ (jhūṭhā)	ਝੂਠੇ (jhūṭhe)		ਝੂਠੀ (jhūṭhī)	ਝੂਠੀਆਂ (jhūṭhīā̃)
oblique	ਝੂਠੇ (jhūṭhe)	ਝੂਠਿਆਂ (jhūṭhiā̃)		ਝੂਠੀ (jhūṭhī)	ਝੂਠੀਆਂ (jhūṭhīā̃)

References

• Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਝੂਠਾ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.