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Punjabi
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀧𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀺𑀬𑀸 (putthiyā), from Sanskrit *पोस्तक (postaka), पुस्तिका (pustikā).
Pronunciation
Noun
پوتھی • (pothī) f (masculine پوتھا, Gurmukhi spelling ਪੋਥੀ)
- small book (as opposed to a large book; tome)
- (by extension) a sacred book
- booklet
- a tobacco pouch
- clove (of a garlic)
- Synonym: تُری (turī)
- the wool of a sheep
Declension
| Declension of پوتھی
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| dir. sg.
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پوتھی (pothī)
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| dir. pl.
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پوتھِیاں (pothīyāṉ)
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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پوتھی (pothī)
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پوتھِیاں (pothīyāṉ)
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| oblique
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پوتھی (pothī)
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پوتھِیاں (pothīyāṉ)
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| vocative
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پوتھِیے (pothiye)
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پوتھِیو (pothīv)
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| ablative
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پوتھِیوں (pothīvṉ)
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پوتھِیاں (pothīyāṉ)
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| locative
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| instrumental
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Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “پوتھی”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- “ਪੋਥੀ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*pōstaka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 478