تتا

Pahari-Potwari

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (phr) IPA^(key): /t̪ət̪.t̪äː/

Adjective

تَتّا (tattā)

1. hot; warm

Punjabi

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /t̪ət̪.t̪äː/
• Rhymes: -äː

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

تَتّا • (tattā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਤੱਤਾ)

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

Declension

Declension of تتا

	masculine			feminine
	singular	plural		singular	plural
direct	تَتّا (tattā)	تَتّے (tatte)		تَتّی (tattī)	تَتِّیاں (tattiyāṉ)
oblique	تَتّے (tatte)	تَتّیاں (tatteyāṉ)		تَتّی (tattī)	تَتِّیاں (tattiyāṉ)

Related terms

• تَپّݨا (tappṇā, “to heat up; become hot, heated”, verb)

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Interjection

تَتّا • (tattā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਤੱਤਾ)

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

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “تتّا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]
• “ਤੱਤਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “taptá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 323

Saraiki

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪ət̪.t̪aː/
• Rhymes: -aː

Adjective

تَتّا (tattā) m

1. hot, heated, warm

Declension

Declension of تتا
	masculine			feminine
	singular	plural		singular	plural
direct	تتا (tattā)	تتے (tatte)		تتی (tattī)	تتِیاں (tattīyā̃)
oblique	تتے (tatte)	تتیاں (tatteyā̃)		تتی (tattī)	تتِیاں (tattīyā̃)

References

• “تتا”, in Dictionary of the Jatki Or Western Panjábi Language, United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis, 2019 (originally published in 1900), →ISBN, page 81