ਵਿੱਚ

Punjabi

Alternative forms

• 'ਚ ('ca) — contraction
• ਬਿੱਚ (bicca) — Malwai, Doabi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Punjabi ਵਿਚਿ (vici /⁠vicci⁠/), from Prakrit विच्च (vicca), from Sanskrit *वीच्य (vīcya) (compare वीचि (vīci)). Cognate to Hindi बीच (bīc, “middle”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /ʋɪt͡ʃːɪ̆/
• (Malwai, Doabi) IPA^(key): /bɪt͡ʃːɪ̆/

Postposition

ਵਿੱਚ • (vicci) (Shahmukhi spelling وچ)

1. in
2. within
3. between
4. among

References

• Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਵਿੱਚ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons, page 1209.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vīcya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 696