کھوتا

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀔𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢 (*khotta, “donkey”) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), of non-Indo-Aryan origin; possibly related to Sanskrit घोट (ghoṭa, “horse”) (whence گھوڑا (ghoṛā)).

Pronunciation

Noun

کھوتا • (khotā) m (feminine کھوتی, Gurmukhi spelling ਖੋਤਾ)

  1. donkey
  2. (slang) ass, idiot
    کھوتا نَہ ہوْوے تے! ― khotā nah hove te! ― you idiot! (literally, “if not the donkey!”)

Declension

 The template Template:pnb-noun-m-ā does not use the parameter(s): 
2=khōt
Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.

Declension of کھوتا
dir. sg. کھوتا (khotā)
dir. pl. کھوتے (khote)
singular plural
direct کھوتا (khotā) کھوتے (khote)
oblique کھوتے (khote) کھوتیاں (khoteyāṉ)
vocative کھوتیا (khoteyā) کھوتیو (khoteyo)
ablative کھوتیوں (khoteyoṉ) —
locative کھوتے (khote) —
instrumental کھوتے (khote) —

Descendants
  • → Urdu: کھوتا (khotā)

Further reading
  • “کھوتا”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “کھوتا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.