بہتیرا
Punjabi
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- بَتھیرا (batherā)
Etymology
[edit]بَہُت (bahut) + ـیْرا (-erā) (comparative suffix)
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /bɔ.teː˥˩.ɾaː/
- Rhymes: -äː
Adjective
[edit]بَہُتیرا • (bahuterā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਬਹੁਤੇਰਾ)
- plenty, abundant
- Synonym: ڈھیر (ḍher)
- میرے کوࣇ بہتیرا اے کہݨ واسطے۔
- mere koḷ bahuterā ai kahiṇ vāste.
- I have plenty to say.
- much
- sufficient, enough
- Synonym: کافی (kāfī)
Declension
[edit]| masculine | feminine | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| direct | بَہُتیرا (bahuterā) | بَہُتیرے (bahutere) | بَہُتیری (bahuterī) | بَہُتیرِیاں (bahuteriyāṉ) | |
| oblique | بَہُتیرے (bahutere) | بَہُتیریاں (bahutereyāṉ) | بَہُتیری (bahuterī) | بَہُتیرِیاں (bahuteriyāṉ) | |
Further reading
[edit]- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “بہتیرا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]
- “ਬਹੁਤੇਰਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “bahutva”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 519