ਹਟੁ

Old Punjabi

Alternative forms

• ਹਾਟੁ (hāṭu)

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀳𑀝𑁆𑀝 m (haṭṭa), 𑀳𑀝𑁆𑀝𑀻 f (haṭṭī), from Sanskrit हट्ट (haṭṭa). Cognate with Old Hindi हाट (hāṭa), Old Gujarati हाट (hāṭa), Old Marathi 𑘮𑘰𑘘 (hāṭa), Middle Bengali হাট (haṭ).

Noun

ਹਟੁ (haṭu /haṭṭu/) m

1. shop
   • 1604, Guru Amar Das, Ādi Granth ang 646:

     ਸਚਾ ਸਉਦਾ ਹਟੁ ਸਚੁ ਰਤਨੀ ਭਰੇ ਭੰਡਾਰ॥

     sacā saudā haṭu sacu ratanī bhare bhaṇḍāra.

     /saccā saudā haṭṭu saccu ratanī bhare bhaṇḍāra./

     • 1972 translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa

       True is the merchandise, and true is the shop; the warehouses are overflowing with jewels.

Descendants

• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਹੱਟ (haṭṭa)

  Shahmukhi script: ہَٹّ (haṭṭ)

Further reading

• Christopher Shackle (2011) “ਹਟੁ”, in A Gurū Nānak Glossary, 2nd edition, New Delhi: Heritage Publishers, →ISBN, page 60.
• “ਹਟੁ”, in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Dictionary, SriGranth.org, 2024
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “haṭṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 806