کھوتا
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Punjabi
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Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀔𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢 (*khotta, “donkey”) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), of non-Indo-Aryan origin; possibly related to Sanskrit घोट (ghoṭa, “horse”) (whence گھوڑا (ghoṛā)).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /kʰoː.t̪ːäː/
- Rhymes: -äː
- Hyphenation: کھو‧تا
Noun
[edit]کھوتا • (khotā) m (feminine کھوتی, Gurmukhi spelling ਖੋਤਾ)
- donkey
- (slang) ass, idiot
- کھوتا نَہ ہوْوے تے! ― khotā nah hove te! ― you idiot! (literally, “if not the donkey!”)
Declension
[edit]| Declension of کھوتا | ||
|---|---|---|
| dir. sg. | کھوتا (khotā) | |
| dir. pl. | کھوتے (khote) | |
| singular | plural | |
| direct | کھوتا (khotā) | کھوتے (khote) |
| oblique | کھوتے (khote) | کھوتیْاں (khotiyāṉ) |
| vocative | کھوتیْا (khotiyā) | کھوتیو (khoteyo) |
| ablative | کھوتیوں (khoteyoṉ) | کھوتیْاں (khotiyāṉ) |
| locative | – | کھوتِیں (khotīṉ) |
| instrumental | کھوتے (khote) | – |
Descendants
[edit]- → Urdu: کھوتا (khotā)
Further reading
[edit]Categories:
- Punjabi terms inherited from Ashokan Prakrit
- Punjabi terms derived from Ashokan Prakrit
- Punjabi terms extended with Indo-Aryan -𑀓-
- Punjabi terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Punjabi/äː
- Rhymes:Punjabi/äː/2 syllables
- Punjabi lemmas
- Punjabi nouns
- Punjabi nouns with other-gender equivalents
- Punjabi nouns in Shahmukhi script
- Punjabi masculine nouns
- Punjabi slang
- Punjabi terms with usage examples
- Punjabi nouns with declension
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