تتا

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Punjabi

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Prakrit 𑀢𑀢𑁆𑀢 (tatta), from Sanskrit तप्त (taptá), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tep- (to be hot, warm).

Adjective

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تَتّا (tattā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਤੱਤਾ)

  1. hot; warm
  2. (figuratively) short-tempered; hotheaded
  3. (figuratively, rare) brave; courageous
  4. (figuratively, rare) stubborn, obstinate
  5. ill-fated; unlucky
Declension
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Declension of تتا
masculine feminine
singular plural singular plural
direct تَتّا (tattā) تَتّے (tatte) تَتّی (tattī) تَتِّیاں (tattiyāṉ)
oblique تَتّے (tatte) تَتّیاں (tatteyāṉ) تَتّی (tattī) تَتِّیاں (tattiyāṉ)
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Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Interjection

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تَتّا (tattā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਤੱਤਾ)

  1. Ploughman's call to bullocks to go slightly to the right.

Further reading

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

Saraiki

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Etymology

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Inherited from Prakrit 𑀢𑀢𑁆𑀢 (tatta), from Sanskrit तप्त (taptá), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tep- (to be hot, warm).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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تَتّا (tattām

  1. hot, heated, warm

Declension

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Declension of تتا
masculine feminine
singular plural singular plural
direct تتا (tattā) تتے (tatte) تتی (tattī) تتِیاں (tattīyā̃)
oblique تتے (tatte) تتیاں (tatteyā̃) تتی (tattī) تتِیاں (tattīyā̃)

References

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  • تتا”, in Dictionary of the Jatki Or Western Panjábi Language, United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis, 2019 (originally published in 1900), →ISBN, page 81