ਝੂਠਾ

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit जुष्ट (juṣṭa). Cognate with Hindi झूठा (jhūṭhā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t͡ʃuː˨ʈʰaː]

Noun

ਝੂਠਾ • (jhūṭhā) m (Shahmukhi spelling جھُوٹھا)

1. liar

Declension

Declension of ਝੂਠਾ

	singular	plural
direct	ਝੂਠਾ (jhūṭhā)	ਝੂਠੇ (jhūṭhe)
oblique	ਝੂਠੇ (jhūṭhe)	ਝੂਠਿਆਂ (jhūṭhiā̃)
vocative	ਝੂਠਿਆ (jhūṭhiā)	ਝੂਠਿਓ (jhūṭhio)
ablative	ਝੂਠਿਓਂ (jhūṭhiõ)	—
locative	ਝੂਠੇ (jhūṭhe)	—
instrumental	ਝੂਠੇ (jhūṭhe)	—

Adjective

ਝੂਠਾ • (jhūṭhā) (Shahmukhi spelling جھُوٹھا)

1. insincere, faithless; unreal; unsound, invalid, weak, unserviceable; alloyed; factitious, forged; imaginary, delusive

Declension

Declension of ਝੂਠਾ
	masculine			feminine
	singular	plural		singular	plural
direct	ਝੂਠਾ (jhūṭhā)	ਝੂਠੇ (jhūṭhe)		ਝੂਠੀ (jhūṭhī)	ਝੂਠੀਆਂ (jhūṭhīā̃)
oblique	ਝੂਠੇ (jhūṭhe)	ਝੂਠਿਆਂ (jhūṭhiā̃)		ਝੂਠੀ (jhūṭhī)	ਝੂਠੀਆਂ (jhūṭhīā̃)

References

• Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਝੂਠਾ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.