پونچھ
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آزاد کشمیر میں دریائے پونچھ
Urdu
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /pũːt͡ʃʰ/
- Rhymes: -ũːt͡ʃʰ
Etymology 1
Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀧𑀼𑀁𑀙 (puṃcha), from Sanskrit पुच्छ (púccha), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *púsćas, from Proto-Indo-European *puḱsos. First attested as Old Hindi پونچھ (pvnch). Cognate with Punjabi پُچّھ (pucch) / ਪੁੱਛ (puccha).
Noun
پُون٘چھ • (pū̃ch) f (Hindi spelling पूँछ)
Declension
| Declension of پونچھ | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||||||
| direct | پونچھ (pūṉch) | پونچھیں (pūṉchẽ) | ||||||
| oblique | پونچھ (pūṉch) | پونچھوں (pūṉchõ) | ||||||
| vocative | پونچھ (pūṉch) | پونچھو (pūṉcho) | ||||||
Etymology 2
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From Sanskrit पर्णोत्स (parṇotsa). Compare Kashmiri پرٛوٗنٛژھ (prūnċh).
Proper noun
پُونچھ • (pūnch) m (Hindi spelling पुंछ)
- Poonch (a town, a district of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India).
- Poonch (a district, a division of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan).
- Poonch (a river in the autonomous territory of Azad Jammu and Kashmir in Pakistan and the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir in India).
- (historical) Poonch (a district in the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir).
- Poonchh (a village in Moth tehsil, Jhansi district, Uttar Pradesh, India).
Further reading
- “پونچھ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “پونچھ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “púccha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press