لتر

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Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from French litre. Doublet of رِطْل (riṭl).

Noun

لِتْر (litrm (plural أَلْتَار (ʔaltār) or لِتْرَات (litrāt))

  1. litre

Declension

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit *𑀮𑀺𑀢𑁆𑀢 (*litta, defective).

Pronunciation

Noun

لِتَّر (littarm (Gurmukhi spelling ਲਿੱਤਰ)

  1. (dialectal) Alternative form of چِھتَّر (chittar)
    • 2000, رفیق عزیز [Rafīq ʻAzīz], دکھ تے اتھرو : کہانی پراگا [Dukh te atthrū : kahāṇī parāgā, Sorrow and tears: Collection of Stories], Lahore: ادارہ پنجابی زبان تے ثقافت [Institute of Punjabi language and Culture], →OCLC, page 51:
      جہدے تے کنیاں ساریاں مکھیاں انج بَہِ جاندیاں نیں جِویں ایہ روٹی اوہناں واسطے اے تے اِک لتر پھڑ کے کُتّی نُوں بھجا دیندا اے
      jihde te kinniyaṉ sāriyaṉ makkhiyaṉ inj bahi jāndiyaṉ neṉ jiveṉ aeh roṭī ohnāṉ vāst̤e ae te ikk littar phaṛ ke kuttī nūṉ bhajā dendā ae
      Like how many flies sit on it, as if to say that this food is meant for them, and then with a worn-out shoe gets rid of the bitch

Declension

Declension of لتر
dir. sg. لِتَّر (littar)
dir. pl. لِتَّر (littar)
singular plural
direct لِتَّر (littar) لِتَّر (littar)
oblique لِتَّر (littar) لِتَّراں (littarāṉ)
vocative لِتَّرا (littarā) لِتَّرو (littaro)
ablative لِتَّروں (littaroṉ) لِتَّراں (littarāṉ)
locative لِتَّرے (littare) لِتَّرِیں (littarīṉ)
instrumental لِتَّروں (littaroṉ)

Further reading

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “لِتّر”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • ਲਿੱਤਰ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*litta”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 642

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From French litre.

Noun

لتر (litrm (plural لترات (litrāt))

  1. litre