تتڑی

Punjabi

Etymology

From تَتّی f (tattī, “heated; ill-fated”) +‎ ـڑی (-ṛī), from تَتَّڑ (tattaṛ), from تَتّا (tattā).

Adjective

تَتّڑی • (tattṛī) (indeclinable, Gurmukhi spelling ਤੱਤੜੀ) (of a woman)

1. wretched (ie. unfortunate)
2. coquette; foppish
3. stingy

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “تتڑی”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]