کھوتا

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀔𑁄𑀢𑁆𑀢 (*khotta, “donkey”) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), of non-Indo-Aryan origin; possibly related to Sanskrit घोट (ghoṭa, “horse”) (whence گھوڑا (ghoṛā)).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /kʰoː.t̪ːäː/
• Rhymes: -äː
• Hyphenation: کھو‧تا

Noun

کھوتا • (khotā) m (feminine کھوتی, Gurmukhi spelling ਖੋਤਾ)

1. donkey
2. (slang) ass, idiot

   کھوتا نَہ ہوْوے تے! ― khotā nah hove te! ― you idiot! (literally, “if not the donkey!”)

Declension

Declension of کھوتا
dir. sg.	کھوتا (khotā)
dir. pl.	کھوتے (khote)
	singular	plural
direct	کھوتا (khotā)	کھوتے (khote)
oblique	کھوتے (khote)	کھوتیْاں (khotiyāṉ)
vocative	کھوتیْا (khotiyā)	کھوتیو (khoteyo)
ablative	کھوتیوں (khoteyoṉ)	کھوتیْاں (khotiyāṉ)
locative	–	کھوتِیں (khotīṉ)
instrumental	کھوتے (khote)	–

Descendants

• → Urdu: کھوتا (khotā)

Further reading

• “کھوتا”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “کھوتا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz