پاوا

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀧𑀸𑀤 (pāda), from Sanskrit पाद (pā́da, “foot”).

Pronunciation

(Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /päː.ʋäː/
Rhymes: -äː
Hyphenation: پا‧وا

Noun

پاوا • (pāvā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਪਾਵਾ)

a leg of a piece of furniture
(figuratively) pillar

Declension

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Declension of **پاوا**
	singular	plural
direct	پاوا (pāvā)	پاوے (pāve)
oblique	پاوے (pāve)	پاویاں (pāveyāṉ)
vocative	پاویا (pāveyā)	پاویو (pāveyo)
ablative	پاویوں (pāveyoṉ)	—
locative	پاوے (pāve)	پاوِیں (pāvīṉ)
instrumental	پاوے (pāve)	پاوِیں (pāvīṉ)

Further reading

Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “پاوا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]
“ਪਾਵਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “pā́da”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 455