ورتنا

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit वर्तते (vártatē).

Verb

وَرَتݨا • (varatṇā) (transitive, Gurmukhi spelling ਵਰਤਣਾ)

1. to use; make use of
2. to deal with (in business etc.)
3. (intransitive) to pass; occur

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “ورتن”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਵਰਤਣਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vártatē”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 662