ٹبر

See also: ٹَبر

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit [script needed] (*ṭabbara-, “boy”). Cognate with Urdu ٹابَر (ṭābar) / Hindi टाबर (ṭābar).

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /ʈəb.bəɾᵊ/
  • Audio (India)(file)
  • Rhymes: -əɾ

Noun

ٹَبَّر • (ṭabbar) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਟੱਬਰ)

  1. household, family
  2. clan
  3. (colloquial) wife
  4. a flock or herd (of sheep or goats etc.)

Declension
Declension of ٹبر
dir. sg. ٹَبَّر (ṭabbar)
dir. pl. ٹَبَّر (ṭabbar)
singular plural
direct ٹَبَّر (ṭabbar) ٹَبَّر (ṭabbar)
oblique ٹَبَّر (ṭabbar) ٹَبَّراں (ṭabbarāṉ)
vocative ٹَبَّرا (ṭabbarā) ٹَبَّرو (ṭabbaro)
ablative ٹَبَّروں (ṭabbaroṉ) —
locative ٹَبَّرے (ṭabbare) ٹَبَّرِیں (ṭabbarīṉ)
instrumental ٹَبَّرے (ṭabbare) ٹَبَّرِیں (ṭabbarīṉ)

Further reading
  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “ٹبّر”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • “ਟੱਬਰ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “†*ṭabbara-”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 306
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