پونچھ

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /pũːt͡ʃʰ/
• Rhymes: -ũːt͡ʃʰ

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀧𑀼𑀁𑀙 (puṃcha), from Sanskrit पुच्छ (púccha), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *púsćas, from Proto-Indo-European *puḱsos. First attested as Old Hindi پونچھ. Cognate with Punjabi پُچّھ (pucch) / ਪੁੱਛ (puccha).

پُون٘چھ • (pū̃ch) f (Hindi spelling पूँछ)

1. tail (of an animal)
2. rear of an object

آزاد کشمیر میں دریائے پونچھ

Compare Kashmiri پرٛوٗنٛژھ (prūnċh).

پُونچھ • (pūnch) m (Hindi spelling पुंछ)

1. Poonch (a town, a district of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India).
2. Poonch (a district, a division of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan).
3. Poonch (a river in the autonomous territory of Azad Jammu and Kashmir in Pakistan and the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir in India).
4. (historical) Poonch (a district in the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir).
5. Poonchh (a village in Moth tehsil, Jhansi district, Uttar Pradesh, India).

• “پونچھ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “پونچھ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “púccha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press