ਤੱਤਾ

Punjabi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪ət̪ːäː/, [t̪ɐt̪.t̪äː]
• Rhymes: -äː

Etymology 1

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Noun

ਤੱਤਾ • (tattā) m (Shahmukhi spelling تتا)

1. Name of the twenty-first letter of the Gurmukhi alphabet, ਤ (ta).

Etymology 2

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀢𑀢𑁆𑀢 (tatta), from Sanskrit तप्त (taptá), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tep- (“to be hot, warm”).

Adjective

ਤੱਤਾ • (tattā) (Shahmukhi spelling تتا)

1. hot; warm
2. (figuratively) short-tempered; hotheaded
3. (figuratively, rare) brave; courageous
4. (figuratively, rare) stubborn, obstinate

Declension

Declension of ਤੱਤਾ
	masculine			feminine
	singular	plural		singular	plural
direct	ਤੱਤਾ (tattā)	ਤੱਤੇ (tatte)		ਤੱਤੀ (tattī)	ਤੱਤੀਆਂ (tattīā̃)
oblique	ਤੱਤੇ (tatte)	ਤੱਤਿਆਂ (tattiā̃)		ਤੱਤੀ (tattī)	ਤੱਤੀਆਂ (tattīā̃)

Related terms

• ਤਪਣਾ (tapṇā, “to heat up; become hot, heated”, verb)

Etymology 3

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Interjection

ਤੱਤਾ • (tattā) (Shahmukhi spelling تتا)

1. Ploughman's call to bullocks to go slightly to the right.

References

• “ਤੱਤਾ”, in Punjabipedia [ਪੰਜਾਬੀਪੀਡੀਆ] (in Punjabi), Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024