تھلا

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit *स्थल्य (sthalya, “on level ground”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /t̪ʰəl.läː/, [t̪ʰɐl.läː]
• Rhymes: -äː

Noun

تَھلّا • (thallā) m (feminine تَھلّی, Gurmukhi spelling ਥੱਲਾ)

1. bottom, bottom-part
2. nadir

Declension

Declension of تھلا
dir. sg.	تَھلّا (thallā)
dir. pl.	تَھلّے (thalle)
	singular	plural
direct	تَھلّا (thallā)	تَھلّے (thalle)
oblique	تَھلّے (thalle)	تَھلّیْاں (thalliyāṉ)
vocative	تَھلّیْا (thalliyā)	تَھلّیو (thallīv)
ablative	تَھلّیوں (thallīvṉ)	تَھلّیْاں (thalliyāṉ)
locative	–	تَھلِّیں (thalliīṉ)
instrumental	تَھلّے (thalle)	–

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “تھلّا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਥੱਲਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*sthalya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 793