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Urdu
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Hindi پوتا (pvta),[1] from Prakrit *𑀧𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀅 (*pŏttaa), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀧𑁄𑀢𑀓 (potaka /pottaka/), from Sanskrit पौत्र (paútra) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-).[2]
Pronunciation
Noun
پوتا • (potā) m (feminine پوتی (potī), Hindi spelling पोता)
- son's son, paternal grandson
- Coordinate term: ناتی (nātī, “daughter's son”)
Declension
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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پوتا (potā)
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پوتے (pote)
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| oblique
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پوتے (pote)
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پوتوں (potõ)
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| vocative
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پوتے (pote)
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پوتو (poto)
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Derived terms
References
- ^ “پوتا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “paútra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 478
Further reading
More information
- “پوتا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “پوتا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 163
- Platts, John T. (1884) “پوتا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “پوتا”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co.
- John Shakespear (1834) “پوتا”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC
