پتر

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See also: تثر, بتر, ثبر, تتر, ببر, تبر, and بثر

Kundal Shahi

Noun

پتر (puter)

  1. son

References

Pahari-Potwari

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit पुत्र (putra)

Pronunciation

Noun

پتر (putr)

  1. son

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Sanskrit पत्त्र (pattra). Compare Punjabi پَتّر (pattr).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pət̪.t̪ᵊɾə̆/

Noun

پتر (pattr)

  1. leaf

Punjabi

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit पुत्र (putra).[1] Doublet of پِسَر (pisar).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

پُتَّر • (puttar) m (feminine پُتری or دِھی, Gurmukhi spelling ਪੁੱਤਰ) (Majhi, Standard Punjabi)

  1. son, boy
    Synonyms: مُن٘ڈا (muṉḍā), پِسَر (pisar), فَرْزَنْد (farzand), بیٹا (beṭā)
    • 2007, نوید شہزاد [Navīd Shahzād], پنجابى لوک گیتاں دا موضوعاتى مطالعہ [Panjābī lok gītān̲ dā mauz̤ūʻātī mut̤ālaʻah, A Thematic Study of Punjabi Folk Songs]‎, Lahore: مقصود پبلشرز [mqṣod pblśrz, Maqsood Publishers], →OCLC, page 384:
      نونہہ جدوں پتر دی ماں بن دی اے تے سوہرے گھر اوہدا قدر ودھیرا ہو جاندا اے۔
      nūṉh jadoṉ puttar dī māṉ baṇ dī ae te sohre ghar ohdā qadar vadherā ho jāndā ae.
      When a daughter-in-law becomes the mother of a boy, her value at her in-laws' place increases
  2. (endearing) child (any gender)
Usage notes

Can be used specifically to refer to a male child, or generally a child, regardless of gender.

Declension
Declension of پتر
dir. sg. پُتَّر (puttar)
dir. pl. پُتَّر (puttar)
singular plural
direct پُتَّر (puttar) پُتَّر (puttar)
oblique پُتَّر (puttar) پُتَّراں (puttarāṉ)
vocative پُتَّرا (puttarā) پُتَّرو (puttaro)
ablative پُتَّروں (puttaroṉ) پُتَّراں (puttarāṉ)
locative پُتَّرے (puttare) پُتَّرِیں (puttarīṉ)
instrumental پُتَّروں (puttaroṉ) –

Etymology 2

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *peth₂-
    Sanskrit पत् (pat)
    Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
    Proto-Indo-European *-trom
    Sanskrit -त्र (-tra)
    Sanskrit पत्त्र (pattra)
    Punjabi پتر (ptr)

    Inherited from Sanskrit पत्त्र (pattra). Doublet of پَتّا (pattā).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /pət̪.t̪ᵊɾə̆/

    Noun

    پَتّر • (pattr) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਪੱਤਰ)

    1. leaf, petal
      Synonym: پَتّا (pattā)
    Declension
    Declension of پتر
    dir. sg. پَتّر (pattr)
    dir. pl. پَتّر (pattr)
    singular plural
    direct پَتّر (pattr) پَتّر (pattr)
    oblique پَتّر (pattr) پَتّراں (pattrāṉ)
    vocative پَتّرا (pattrā) پَتّرو (pattro)
    ablative پَتّروں (pattroṉ) پَتّراں (pattrāṉ)
    locative پَتّرے (pattre) پَتّرِیں (pattrīṉ)
    instrumental پَتّروں (pattroṉ) –

    References

    1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “putrá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 468

    Further reading

    • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “پُتّر”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
    • “ਪੁੱਤਰ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
    • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “پتّر”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
    • “ਪੱਤਰ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025

    Saraiki

    Etymology 1

      Etymology tree
      Proto-Indo-European *peth₂-
      Sanskrit पत् (pat)
      Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
      Proto-Indo-European *-trom
      Sanskrit -त्र (-tra)
      Sanskrit पत्त्र (pattra)der.
      Saraiki پتر (ptr)

      Ultimately from Sanskrit पत्त्र (pattra). Compare Punjabi پَتّر (pattr).

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      پَتْر (patr) m

      1. leaf

      Etymology 2

      Ultimately from Sanskrit पुत्र (putra).

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      پُتْر (putr) m (Devanagari पुत्र, Multani 𑊛𑊂𑊖𑊢)[1]

      1. son

      References

      1. ^ سَعْدُاْللّٰہ خان کھیتْرَن ،مُحَمَّد (2016) “پُتر”, in پَہْلِی وَڈّی سَرائِیکی لُغَت: سَرائِیکی تُوں اُرْدُو [pahlī vaḍḍī sarā'īkī luġat: sarā'īkī tūṉ urdū, The First Comprehensive Saraiki Dictionary: From Saraiki to Urdu] (in Urdu), Multan: بَہَاءْ اُلْدِّین زَکَرِیّا یُونِیوَرْسِٹِی [Bahauddin Zakariya University], page 135, column 2.

      Urdu

      Etymology

      Borrowed from Sanskrit पितृ (pitṛ).

      Noun

      پتر • (transliteration needed) m (Hindi spelling पितर)

      1. (Hinduism) Pitrs; (paternal ancestor)
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