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بتھیرا

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Punjabi

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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

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

Declension

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

References

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  • ਬਥੇਰਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
  • 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