پوتھی
Punjabi
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀧𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀣𑀺𑀬𑀸 (putthiyā), from Sanskrit *पोस्तक (*postaka), पुस्तिका (pustikā).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /poː.t̪ʰiː/, [poːt̪.t̪ʰiː]
- Rhymes: -iː
- Hyphenation: پو‧تھی
Noun
پوتھی • (pothī) f (male equivalent پوتھا, Gurmukhi spelling ਪੋਥੀ)
- a book (as opposed to a large book; tome)
- (by extension) a sacred book
- booklet
- a tobacco pouch
- clove (of a garlic)
- Synonym: تُری (turī)
- the wool of a sheep
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | پوتھی (pothī) | پوتھِیاں (pothīyāṉ) |
| oblique | پوتھی (pothī) | پوتھِیاں (pothīyāṉ) |
| vocative | پوتھئِیے (poth'iye) | پوتھِیو (pothīv) |
| ablative | پوتھِیوں (pothīvṉ) | — |
| locative | پوتھے (pothe) | پوتھِیں (pothīṉ) |
| instrumental | — | — |
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “پوتھی”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]
- “ਪੋਥੀ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “*pōstaka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 478