بتھیرا

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit [Term?], ultimately from Sanskrit बहुत्व (bahutva).

Pronunciation

Adjective

بَتھیرا • (batherā) (feminine بتھیری‎, Gurmukhi spelling ਬਥੇਰਾ)

  1. plenty, abundant
    ‏میْرے کوْل بَتھیْرا اے کَہَݨ واسطے۔‎‎
    mere kol batherā ae kahaṇ vāst̤e.
    I have plenty to say.
    Synonym: ڈھیر‎ (ḍher)
  2. much
    Synonym: بَہُت‎ (bahut)
  3. sufficient, enough
    Synonym: کافی‎ (kāfī)

Declension

Declension of بتھیرا
masculine feminine
singular plural singular plural
direct بَتھیرا‎ (batherā) بَتھیرے‎ (bathere) بَتھیری‎ (batherī) بَتھیرِیْاں‎ (batherīyāṉ)
oblique بَتھیرے‎ (bathere) بَتھیرِیاں‎ (batheriyāṉ) بَتھیری‎ (batherī) بَتھیرِیْاں‎ (batherīyāṉ)

References

  • “بتھیرا‎”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2023
  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “بتھیرا‎”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “bahutva”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 519
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