اٹ

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit इष्टका (íṣṭakā, “brick”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hišt- (“brick”), possibly from the BMAC substrate. Compare Urdu اِینْٹ (īnṭ) / Hindi ईंट (ī̃ṭ).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /ɪʈːə̆/

Noun

اِٹّ • (īṭṭ) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਇੱਟ)

1. brick, slab
2. ingot
3. bar

Declension

Declension of اٹ

	singular	plural
direct	اِٹّ (īṭṭ)	اِٹّاں (īṭṭāṉ)
oblique	اِٹّ (īṭṭ)	اِٹّاں (īṭṭāṉ)
vocative	اِٹّے (īṭṭe)	اِٹّو (īṭṭo)
ablative	اِٹّوں (īṭṭoṉ)	اِٹّاں (īṭṭāṉ)
locative	اِٹّی (īṭṭī)	اِٹِّیں (īṭṭiīṉ)
instrumental	اِٹِّیں (īṭṭiīṉ)	اِٹّے (īṭṭe)

References

• “اِٹّ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “اِٹ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz