پونچھ

Pahari-Potwari

Etymology

From Sanskrit पर्णोत्स (parṇotsa). Compare Kashmiri پرٛوٗنٛژھ (prūnċh).

Proper Noun

پُونچھ (pūnch)

1. Poonch (a town, a district of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India)
2. Poonch (a district, a division of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan)
3. Poonch (a river in the autonomous territory of Azad Kashmir in Pakistan and the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir in India)
4. (historical) Poonch (a district in the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir)

Urdu

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /pũːt͡ʃʰ/
• Rhymes: -ũːt͡ʃʰ

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀧𑀼𑀁𑀙 (puṃcha), from Sanskrit पुच्छ (púccha), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *púsćas, from Proto-Indo-European *puḱsos. First attested as Old Hindi پونچھ (pvnch). Cognate with Punjabi پُچّھ (pucch) / ਪੁੱਛ (puccha).

Noun

پُون٘چھ • (pū̃ch) f (Hindi spelling पूँछ)

1. tail (of an animal)
2. rear of an object

Declension

Declension of پونچھ

	singular	plural
direct	پونچھ (pūṉch)	پونچھیں (pūṉchẽ)
oblique	پونچھ (pūṉch)	پونچھوں (pūṉchõ)
vocative	پونچھ (pūṉch)	پونچھو (pūṉcho)

Etymology 2

آزاد کشمیر میں دریائے پونچھ

From Sanskrit पर्णोत्स (parṇotsa). Compare Kashmiri پرٛوٗنٛژھ (prūnċh).

Proper noun

پُونچھ • (pūnch) m (Hindi spelling पुंछ)

1. Poonch (a town, a district of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India)
2. Poonch (a district, a division of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan)
3. Poonch (a river in the autonomous territory of Azad Kashmir in Pakistan and the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir in India)
4. (historical) Poonch (a district in the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir)
5. Poonchh (a village in Moth tehsil, Jhansi district, Uttar Pradesh, India)

Further reading

• “پونچھ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “پونچھ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “púccha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press