پتر

See also: تثر, بتر, ثبر, تتر, ببر, تبر, and بثر

Kundal Shahi

Noun

پتر (puter)

1. son

References

• https://fli-online.org/site/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/kundal_shahi_introduction.pdf

Punjabi

Alternative forms

• پُتّ (putt)

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit [Term?], from Sanskrit पुत्र (putra), ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *putrás (“son”) (itself from Proto-Indo-European *putlós). Doublet of پِسَر (pisar).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /pʊt̪.t̪əɾᵊ/, [pot̪.t̪əɾə̆]
• Rhymes: -əɾ

Noun

پُتَّر • (puttar) m (feminine پُتَّری or دِھی, Gurmukhi spelling ਪੁੱਤਰ) (Majhi, standard)

1. son, boy

   Synonyms: مُنْڈا (munḍā), پِسَر (pisar), فَرْزَنْد (farzand), بیٹا (beṭā)

   • 2007, نوید شہزاد [Navīd Shahzād], پنجابى لوک گیتاں دا موضوعاتى مطالعہ [Panjābī lok gītān̲ dā mauz̤ūʻātī mut̤ālaʻah, A Thematic Study of Punjabi Folk Songs]‎^[1], Lahore: مقصود پبلشرز [mqṣod pblśrz, Maqsood Publishers], →OCLC, page 384:

     نونہہ جدوں پتر دی ماں بن دی اے تے سوہرے گھر اوہدا قدر ودھیرا ہو جاندا اے۔

     nūṉh jadoṉ puttar dī māṉ baṇ dī ae te sohre ghar ohdā qadar vadherā ho jāndā ae.

     When a daughter-in-law becomes the mother of a boy, her value at her in-laws' place increases

2. (endearing) child (any gender)

Usage notes

Can be used specifically to refer to a male child, or generally a child, regardless of gender.

Declension

Declension of پتر
dir. sg.	پُتَّر (puttar)
dir. pl.	پُتَّر (puttar)
	singular	plural
direct	پُتَّر (puttar)	پُتَّر (puttar)
oblique	پُتَّر (puttar)	پُتَّراں (puttarāṉ)
vocative	پُتَّرا (puttarā)	پُتَّرو (puttaro)
ablative	پُتَّروں (puttaroṉ)	—
locative	پُتَّرے (puttare)	پُتَّرِیں (puttarīṉ)
instrumental	پُتَّرے (puttare)	پُتَّرِیں (puttarīṉ)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “پُتّر”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਪੁੱਤਰ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “putrá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 468

Saraiki

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /patr/

Noun

پَتْر (patr) m

1. leaf

Etymology 2

Inherited from Sanskrit पुत्र (putra), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *putrás (“son”) ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *putlós.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʊt̪ɾ/

Noun

پُتْر (putr) m

1. son

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पितृ (pitṛ), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pHtā́, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

Noun

پتر • (pitŕ) m (Hindi spelling पितृ)

1. father
2. paternal ancestor