پتا

Inherited from Prakrit पत्तिअ (pattia), from Sanskrit प्रत्याययति (pratyāyayati, “convinces”).

• پتہ (pata)

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /pə.t̪ɑː/

پتا • (patā) m (Hindi spelling पता)

1. address (of a place)

   آپ کا پتا کیا ہے؟ ― āp ka patā kya hai ― What is your address?

2. direction

• Platts, John T. (1884) “پتا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• “پتا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pratyaya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• Mahan Kosh: ਪਤਾ

Borrowed from Sanskrit पितृ (pitṛ), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pHtā́, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr.

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /pɪ.t̪ɑː/

پتا • (pitā) m (Hindi spelling पिता)

1. father

• پتر (pitr), پدر (pidar), باپ (bāp), بابا (bābā), ابا (abbā), والد (vālid)

From Urdu پتا (patā).

پتا (patā)

1. address

   Synonym: پڇُو (paċū)