لتر

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Arabic

Etymology

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

Noun

لِتْر • (litr) m (plural أَلْتَار (ʔaltār) or لِتْرَات (litrāt))

  1. litre

Declension

Declension of noun لِتْر (litr)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal لِتْر
litr 		اللِّتْر
al-litr 		لِتْر
litr
Nominative لِتْرٌ
litrun 		اللِّتْرُ
al-litru 		لِتْرُ
litru
Accusative لِتْرًا
litran 		اللِّتْرَ
al-litra 		لِتْرَ
litra
Genitive لِتْرٍ
litrin 		اللِّتْرِ
al-litri 		لِتْرِ
litri
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal لِتْرَيْن
litrayn 		اللِّتْرَيْن
al-litrayn 		لِتْرَيْ
litray
Nominative لِتْرَانِ
litrāni 		اللِّتْرَانِ
al-litrāni 		لِتْرَا
litrā
Accusative لِتْرَيْنِ
litrayni 		اللِّتْرَيْنِ
al-litrayni 		لِتْرَيْ
litray
Genitive لِتْرَيْنِ
litrayni 		اللِّتْرَيْنِ
al-litrayni 		لِتْرَيْ
litray
Plural basic broken plural triptote‎; sound feminine plural
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal أَلْتَار‎; لِتْرَات
ʔaltār‎; litrāt 		الْأَلْتَار‎; اللِّتْرَات
al-ʔaltār‎; al-litrāt 		أَلْتَار‎; لِتْرَات
ʔaltār‎; litrāt
Nominative أَلْتَارٌ‎; لِتْرَاتٌ
ʔaltārun‎; litrātun 		الْأَلْتَارُ‎; اللِّتْرَاتُ
al-ʔaltāru‎; al-litrātu 		أَلْتَارُ‎; لِتْرَاتُ
ʔaltāru‎; litrātu
Accusative أَلْتَارًا‎; لِتْرَاتٍ
ʔaltāran‎; litrātin 		الْأَلْتَارَ‎; اللِّتْرَاتِ
al-ʔaltāra‎; al-litrāti 		أَلْتَارَ‎; لِتْرَاتِ
ʔaltāra‎; litrāti
Genitive أَلْتَارٍ‎; لِتْرَاتٍ
ʔaltārin‎; litrātin 		الْأَلْتَارِ‎; اللِّتْرَاتِ
al-ʔaltāri‎; al-litrāti 		أَلْتَارِ‎; لِتْرَاتِ
ʔaltāri‎; litrāti

Punjabi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

لِتَّر • (littar) m (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 • (litr) m (plural لترات (litrāt))

  1. litre
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