وٹ

Punjabi

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /ʋəʈː/, [ʋɐʈˑə̆]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit *वर्तु (*vartu).

Noun

وَٹّ • (vaṭṭ) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਵੱਟ)

1. crease; wrinkle (ie. in clothes, paper etc.)
2. twist; twine; torsion
3. abdominal cramp; spasmodic pain (in the stomach)
4. (colloquial) anger; fume (ie. emotions)

Declension

Declension of وٹ

	singular	plural
direct	وَٹّ (vaṭṭ)	وَٹّ (vaṭṭ)
oblique	وَٹّ (vaṭṭ)	وَٹّاں (vaṭṭāṉ)
vocative	وَٹّا (vaṭṭā)	وَٹّو (vaṭṭo)
ablative	وَٹّوں (vaṭṭoṉ)	—
locative	وَٹّے (vaṭṭe)	وَٹِّیں (vaṭṭiīṉ)
instrumental	وَٹّوں (vaṭṭoṉ)	–

Etymology 2

Noun

وَٹّ • (vaṭṭ) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਵੱਟ)

1. a raised boundary between fields serving as a divider

Declension

Declension of وٹ

	singular	plural
direct	وَٹّ (vaṭṭ)	وَٹّاں (vaṭṭāṉ)
oblique	وَٹّ (vaṭṭ)	وَٹّاں (vaṭṭāṉ)
vocative	وَٹّے (vaṭṭe)	وَٹّو (vaṭṭo)
ablative	وَٹّوں (vaṭṭoṉ)	—
locative	وَٹّی (vaṭṭī)	وَٹِّیں (vaṭṭiīṉ)
instrumental	وَٹّے (vaṭṭe)	وَٹِّیں (vaṭṭiīṉ)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “وٹ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]
• “ਵੱਟ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “vartu-”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 662