پٹھا

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit प्रपृष्ठ (prapr̥ṣṭhá). Cognate with Odia ପୈଠ (paiṭha).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /pʊʈ.ʈʰäː/
• Rhymes: -äː

Adjective

پُٹّھا • (puṭṭhā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਪੁੱਠਾ)

1. reverse; opposite
2. wrong, improper
3. upside down, inverted, overturned

Declension

Declension of پٹھا
	masculine			feminine
	singular	plural		singular	plural
direct	پُٹّھا (puṭṭhā)	پُٹّھے (puṭṭhe)		پُٹّھی (puṭṭhī)	پُٹّھِیاں (puṭṭhiyāṉ)
oblique	پُٹّھے (puṭṭhe)	پُٹّھیاں (puṭṭheyāṉ)		پُٹّھی (puṭṭhī)	پُٹّھِیاں (puṭṭhiyāṉ)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “پُٹھّا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਪੁੱਠਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “prapr̥ṣṭhá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 490