پٹواری

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit *पट्टपालिन् (paṭṭapālin, literally “slab-keeper, cloth-keeper”).

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /pəʈ.ʋɑː.ɾiː/, /pəʈ.wɑː.ɾiː/
  • (Deccani) IPA(key): /pəʈ.ʋɑː.ɾiː/, /pəʈ.wɑː.ɾiː/
  • Rhymes: -iː
  • Hyphenation: پَٹ‧وا‧ری

Noun

پَٹْواری • (paṭvārī) m (Hindi spelling पटवारी)

  1. (Pakistani politics) a member or supporter of the PML-N party
  2. (by extension) a Tory, or a politically conservative person.
  3. a village accountant; patwari

Declension
Declension of پٹواری
singular plural
direct پٹواری‎ (paṭvārī) پٹواری‎ (paṭvārī)
oblique پٹواری‎ (paṭvārī) پٹواریوں‎ (paṭvāriyō̃)
vocative پٹواری‎ (paṭvārī) پٹواریو‎ (paṭvāriyō)

References
  • “پٹواری”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “پٹواری”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
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