ਬਛੇਰਟਾ

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀯𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀬𑀭 (vacchayara) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀝𑁆𑀝- (-ṭṭa-) + -𑀓- (-ka-). Doublet of ਬਛੇਰਾ (bacherā) and ਬਛੇਰਟੂ (bacherṭū).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [bət͡ʃʰeːɾᵊʈaː] (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this pronunciation?)

Noun

ਬਛੇਰਟਾ • (bacherṭā) m (Shahmukhi spelling بَچھیرٹا)

a very young colt

Declension

Declension of **ਬਛੇਰਟਾ**
	singular	plural
direct	ਬਛੇਰਟਾ (bacherṭā)	ਬਛੇਰਟੇ (bacherṭe)
oblique	ਬਛੇਰਟੇ (bacherṭe)	ਬਛੇਰਟਿਆਂ (bacherṭiā̃)
vocative	ਬਛੇਰਟਿਆ (bacherṭiā)	ਬਛੇਰਟਿਓ (bacherṭio)
ablative	ਬਛੇਰਟਿਓਂ (bacherṭiõ)	—
locative	ਬਛੇਰਟੇ (bacherṭe)	—
instrumental	ਬਛੇਰਟੇ (bacherṭe)	—

Further reading

Singh, Bhai Maya (1895), “ਬਛੇਰਟਾ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons, page 61.
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “vatsatará”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 656