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Punjabi
Etymology
Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀔𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢 (*khotta, “donkey”) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), of non-Indo-Aryan origin; possibly related to Sanskrit घोट (ghoṭa, “horse”) (whence گھوڑا (ghoṛā)).
Pronunciation
Noun
کھوتا • (khotā) m (feminine کھوتی, Gurmukhi spelling ਖੋਤਾ)
- donkey
- (slang) ass, idiot
- کھوتا نَہ ہوْوے تے! ― khotā nah hove te! ― you idiot! (literally, “if not the donkey!”)
Declension
Descendants
Further reading
- “کھوتا”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “کھوتا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz