پوڑی

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit *पदड (*padaḍa).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /pɔː.ɽiː/
• Rhymes: -iː
• Hyphenation: پَو‧ڑی

Noun

پَوڑی • (pauṛī) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਪੌੜੀ)

1. step of a ladder; a ladder
2. stair (a flight of stairs)
3. family tree

Declension

Declension of پوڑی

	singular	plural
direct	پَوڑی (pauṛī)	پَوڑِیاں (pauṛīyāṉ)
oblique	پَوڑی (pauṛī)	پَوڑِیاں (pauṛīyāṉ)
vocative	پَوڑئِیے (pauṛ'iye)	پَوڑِیو (pauṛīv)
ablative	پَوڑِیوں (pauṛīvṉ)	—
locative	پَوڑے (pauṛe)	پَوڑِیں (pauṛīṉ)
instrumental	—	—

Descendants

• → Pashto: پوړۍ (poṛɘɪ)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “پَوڑی”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]
• “ਪੌੜੀ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “*padaḍa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 438