وٹاندرا

Punjabi

Etymology

From وَٹاݨا (vaṭāṇā, “to exchange”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /ʋə.ʈä̃nd.ɾäː/, [ʋɐ.ʈä̃dᵊ.ɾäː]
• Rhymes: -äː

Noun

وَٹان٘دْرا • (vaṭāṉdrā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਵਟਾਂਦਰਾ)

1. exchange (an act of exchanging)
   • 1997, Abdul Ghafoor Darshan, نخاس [naxās, Cattle Fair], Lahore: Institute of Punjabi Language & Culture, →OCLC, page 15:

     اِک نخاس وچ جے گھوڑیاں دا وٹاندرا غلاماں نال ہوندا تے دُوجی وچ غلاماں دے وٹے گھوڑے حاصل کیتے جاندے

     īkk naxās vicc je ghoṛiyāṉ dā vaṭāndarā ġulāmāṉ nāl hondā te dūjī vicc ġulāmāṉ de vaṭṭe ghoṛe ḥāṣil kīte jānde

     If in one cattle fair, there was an exchange of horses for slaves, then in another there would be a barter for horses with slaves

2. (by extension) exchange (place where currency conversion or trading takes place)
3. replacement (of goods, also bartering)

Declension

Declension of وٹاندرا

	singular	plural
direct	وَٹان٘دْرا (vaṭāṉdrā)	وَٹان٘دْرے (vaṭāṉdre)
oblique	وَٹان٘دْرے (vaṭāṉdre)	وَٹان٘دْریْاں (vaṭāṉdriyāṉ)
vocative	وَٹان٘دْریْا (vaṭāṉdriyā)	وَٹان٘دْریو (vaṭāṉdreyo)
ablative	وَٹان٘دْریوں (vaṭāṉdreyoṉ)	وَٹان٘دْریْاں (vaṭāṉdriyāṉ)
locative	–	وَٹان٘دْرِیں (vaṭāṉdrīṉ)
instrumental	وَٹان٘دْرے (vaṭāṉdre)	–

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “وٹاندرا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “وٹاندرا”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
• “ਵਟਾਂਦਰਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025