ਬਛੇਰਟਾ

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀯𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀬𑀭 (vacchayara) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀝𑁆𑀝- (-ṭṭa-) + -𑀓- (-ka-). Doublet of ਬਛੇਰਾ (bacherā) and ਬਛੇਰਟੂ (bacherṭū).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bət͡ʃʰeːɾᵊʈaː] (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this pronunciation?)

Noun

ਬਛੇਰਟਾ • (bacherṭā) m (Shahmukhi spelling بَچھیرٹا)

1. a very young colt

Declension

Declension of ਬਛੇਰਟਾ
dir. sg.	ਬਛੇਰਟਾ (bacherṭā)
dir. pl.	ਬਛੇਰਟੇ (bacherṭe)
	singular	plural
direct	ਬਛੇਰਟਾ (bacherṭā)	ਬਛੇਰਟੇ (bacherṭe)
oblique	ਬਛੇਰਟੇ (bacherṭe)	ਬਛੇਰਟਿਆਂ (bacherṭiā̃)
vocative	ਬਛੇਰਟਿਆ (bacherṭiā)	ਬਛੇਰਟਿਓ (bacherṭio)
ablative	ਬਛੇਰਟਿਓਂ (bacherṭiõ)	—
locative	ਬਛੇਰਟੇ (bacherṭe)	—
instrumental	ਬਛੇਰਟੇ (bacherṭe)	—

Further reading

• Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਬਛੇਰਟਾ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons, page 61.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vatsatará”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 656