ٹبر

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Punjabi

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Etymology

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Inherited from Prakrit *𑀝𑀩𑁆𑀩𑀭 (*ṭabbara, boy). Cognate with Urdu ٹابَر (ṭābar) / Hindi टाबर (ṭābar).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ٹَبَّر (ṭabbarm (Gurmukhi spelling ਟੱਬਰ)

  1. household, family
    اَپݨے ٹَبَّر دی رَکھیا کَردے
    apṇe ṭabbar dī rakheyā karde
    (they) protect their family
  2. clan
  3. (colloquial) wife
  4. a flock or herd (of sheep or goats etc.)

Declension

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Declension of ٹبر
dir. sg. ٹَبَّر (ṭabbar)
dir. pl. ٹَبَّر (ṭabbar)
singular plural
direct ٹَبَّر (ṭabbar) ٹَبَّر (ṭabbar)
oblique ٹَبَّر (ṭabbar) ٹَبَّراں (ṭabbarāṉ)
vocative ٹَبَّرا (ṭabbarā) ٹَبَّرو (ṭabbaro)
ablative ٹَبَّروں (ṭabbaroṉ) ٹَبَّراں (ṭabbarāṉ)
locative ٹَبَّرے (ṭabbare) ٹَبَّرِیں (ṭabbarīṉ)
instrumental ٹَبَّروں (ṭabbaroṉ)

Noun

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ٹِبَّر (ṭibbarm (Gurmukhi spelling ਟਿੱਬਰ)

  1. hillock, mountain, mound, small elevation
  2. sandy heap of soil

Further reading

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  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “ٹبّر”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • ਟੱਬਰ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “†*ṭabbara-”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 306