پوتا

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Urdu

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle Hindi پوتا (pvta),[1] from Prakrit *𑀧𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢𑀅 (*pŏttaa), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀧𑁄𑀢𑀓 (potaka /⁠pottaka⁠/), from Sanskrit पौत्र (paútra) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-).[2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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پوتا (potām (feminine پوتی (potī), Hindi spelling पोता)

  1. son's son, paternal grandson
    Coordinate term: ناتی (nātī, daughter's son)

Declension

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Declension of پوتا
singular plural
direct پوتا (potā) پوتے (pote)
oblique پوتے (pote) پوتوں (potõ)
vocative پوتے (pote) پوتو (poto)

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ پوتا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  2. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “paútra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 478

Further reading

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