ਹਟੁ

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Old Punjabi

Alternative forms

ਹਾਟੁ (hāṭu)

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀳𑀝𑁆𑀝 m (haṭṭa), 𑀳𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀻 f (haṭṭī), from Sanskrit हट्ट (haṭṭa). Cognate with Old Hindi हाट (hāṭa), Old Gujarati हाट (hāṭa), Old Marathi 𑘮𑘰𑘘 (hāṭa), Middle Bengali হাট (haṭ).

Noun

ਹਟੁ (haṭu /haṭṭu/) m

shop
- 1604, Guru Amar Das, Ādi Granth ang 646:
  ਸਚਾ ਸਉਦਾ ਹਟੁ ਸਚੁ ਰਤਨੀ ਭਰੇ ਭੰਡਾਰ॥
  sacā saudā haṭu sacu ratanī bhare bhaṇḍāra.
  /saccā saudā haṭṭu saccu ratanī bhare bhaṇḍāra./
  1972 translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
  True is the merchandise, and true is the shop; the warehouses are overflowing with jewels.

Descendants

Punjabi:
Gurmukhi script: ਹੱਟ (haṭṭa)

Shahmukhi script: ہَٹّ (haṭṭ)

Further reading

Christopher Shackle (2011) “ਹਟੁ”, in A Gurū Nānak Glossary, 2^nd edition, New Delhi: Heritage Publishers, →ISBN, page 60
“ਹਟੁ”, in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Dictionary, SriGranth.org, 2024
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “haṭṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 806

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