بتھیرا

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit [Term?], ultimately from Sanskrit बहुत्व (bahutva).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /bə.t̪ʰeː.ɾäː/
• Rhymes: -äː

Adjective

بَتھیرا • (batherā) (feminine بتھیری, Gurmukhi spelling ਬਥੇਰਾ)

1. plenty, abundant

   Synonym: ڈھیر (ḍher)

   میْرے کوْل بَتھیْرا اے کَہَݨ واسطے۔

   mere kol batherā le kahaṇ vāsṭe

   I have plenty to say.

2. much

   Synonym: بَہُت (bót)

3. sufficient, enough

   Synonym: کافی (kāfī)

Declension

Declension of بتھیرا
	masculine			feminine
	singular	plural		singular	plural
direct	بَتھیرا (batherā)	بَتھیرے (bathere)		بَتھیری (batherī)	بَتھیریاں (batherīyāṉ)
oblique	بَتھیرے (bathere)	بَتھیریْاں (batheriyāṉ)		بَتھیری (batherī)	بَتھیریاں (batherīyāṉ)

References

• “ਬਥੇਰਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “بتھیرا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bahutva”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 519