ٹوٹی

Punjabi

Alternative forms

• ٹُون٘ٹی (ṭūṉṭī)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit *टूट्ट (ṭūṭṭa)

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /ʈuː.ʈiː/
• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

ٹُوْٹی • (ṭūṭī) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਟੂਟੀ)

1. tap, faucet

   ٹُوْٹِی توں پاݨی لَے کے آ

   ṭūṭī toṉ pāṇī lai ke ā

   Bring some water from the tap

2. (colloquial, in the plural) headphones, earphones

   ٹُوْٹِیاں کَڈّ

   ṭūṭīyāṉ kaḍḍ

   remove the headphones

3. (colloquial, computing, in the plural) gadgets

Declension

Declension of ٹوٹی
dir. sg.	ٹُوٹی (ṭūṭī)
dir. pl.	ٹُوٹِیاں (ṭūṭīyāṉ)
	singular	plural
direct	ٹُوٹی (ṭūṭī)	ٹُوٹِیاں (ṭūṭīyāṉ)
oblique	ٹُوٹی (ṭūṭī)	ٹُوٹِیاں (ṭūṭīyāṉ)
vocative	ٹُوٹِیے (ṭūṭiye)	ٹُوٹِیو (ṭūṭīv)
ablative	ٹُوٹِیوں (ṭūṭīvṉ)	—
locative	—	—
instrumental	—	—

Descendants

• → Urdu: ٹوٹی (ṭūṭī)

Further reading

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

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Punjabi ٹُوٹی (ṭūṭī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ʈuː.ʈiː/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: ٹُو‧ٹی

Noun

ٹُوٹی • (ṭūṭī) f (Hindi spelling टूटी)

1. (chiefly Punjab) a tap, faucet.

   Synonym: نلکا (nalkā)

Declension

Declension of ٹوٹی
	singular	plural
direct	ٹُوٹی (ṭūṭī)	ٹُوٹیاں (ṭūṭiyā̃)
oblique	ٹُوٹی (ṭūṭī)	ٹُوٹیوں (ṭūṭiyō̃)
vocative	ٹُوٹی (ṭūṭī)	ٹُوٹیو (ṭūṭiyō)

Further reading

• “ٹوٹی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.