पठार

Bhojpuri

Etymology

From Sanskrit पृष्ठधार (pṛṣṭhadhāra).

Noun

पठार (paṭhār) ? (Kaithi 𑂣𑂘𑂰𑂩)

1. plateau, highland

Hindi

Etymology

From Sanskrit पृष्ठधार (pṛṣṭhadhāra). Compare Punjabi ਪਠਾਰ (paṭhār) / پَٹھار (paṭhār), Gujarati પઠાર (paṭhār), Marathi पठार (paṭhār).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /pə.ʈʰɑːɾ/, [pɐ.ʈʰäːɾ]
• Rhymes: -ɑːɾ
• Hyphenation: प‧ठार

Noun

पठार • (paṭhār) m (Urdu spelling پٹھار)

1. plateau, highland

Declension

Declension of पठार (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	पठार paṭhār	पठार paṭhār
oblique	पठार paṭhār	पठारों paṭhārõ
vocative	पठार paṭhār	पठारो paṭhāro

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “पठार”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

Marathi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Marathi 𑘢𑘙𑘰𑘨 (paṭhāra), 𑘢𑘰𑘙𑘰𑘨 (pāṭhāra), from Sanskrit पृष्ठधार (pṛṣṭhadhāra). Compare Gujarati પઠાર (paṭhār), Hindi पठार (paṭhār), Punjabi ਪਠਾਰ (paṭhār) / پَٹھار (paṭhār).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pə.ʈʰaɾ/

Noun

पठार • (paṭhār) n

1. plateau

Declension

Declension of पठार (neut cons-stem)
direct singular	पठार paṭhār
direct plural	पठारे, पठारं paṭhāre, paṭhāra
	singular एकवचन		plural अनेकवचन
nominative प्रथमा	पठार paṭhār		पठारे, पठारं paṭhāre, paṭhāra
oblique सामान्यरूप	पठारा paṭhārā		पठारां- paṭhārān-
acc. / dative द्वितीया / चतुर्थी	पठाराला paṭhārālā		पठारांना paṭhārānnā
ergative	पठाराने, पठारानं paṭhārāne, paṭhārāna		पठारांनी paṭhārānnī
instrumental	पठाराशी paṭhārāśī		पठारांशी paṭhārānśī
locative सप्तमी	पठारात paṭhārāt		पठारांत paṭhārāt
vocative संबोधन	पठारा paṭhārā		पठारांनो paṭhārānno
Oblique Note: The oblique case precedes all postpositions. There is no space between the stem and the postposition. Locative Note: -त (-ta) is a postposition.

Genitive declension of पठार (neut cons-stem)
	masculine object पुल्लिंगी कर्म		feminine object स्त्रीलिंगी कर्म		neuter object नपुसकलिंगी कर्म		oblique सामान्यरूप
	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन	singular* एकवचन	plural अनेकवचन
singular subject एकवचनी कर्ता	पठाराचा paṭhārāċā	पठाराचे paṭhārāċe	पठाराची paṭhārācī	पठाराच्या paṭhārācā	पठाराचे, पठाराचं paṭhārāċe, paṭhārāċa	पठाराची paṭhārācī	पठाराच्या paṭhārācā
plural subject अनेकवचनी कर्ता	पठारांचा paṭhārānċā	पठारांचे paṭhārānċe	पठारांची paṭhārāñcī	पठारांच्या paṭhārāncā	पठारांचे, पठारांचं paṭhārānċe, paṭhārānċa	पठारांची paṭhārāñcī	पठारांच्या paṭhārāñcā
* Note: Word-final ए (e) in neuter words is alternatively written with the anusvara and pronounced as अ (a). Oblique Note: For most postpostions, the oblique genitive can be optionally inserted between the stem and the postposition.

Derived terms

• पठारी प्रदेश (paṭhārī pradeś, “plateau region”)

 

Further reading

• Berntsen, Maxine, “पठार”, in A Basic Marathi-English Dictionary, New Delhi: American Institute of Indian Studies, 1982-1983.
• Molesworth, James Thomas (1857) “पठारा”, in A dictionary, Marathi and English, Bombay: Printed for government at the Bombay Education Society's Press
• दाते, यशवंत रामकृष्ण [Date, Yashwant Ramkrishna] (1932-1950) “पठार”, in महाराष्ट्र शब्दकोश (mahārāṣṭra śabdakoś) (in Marathi), पुणे [Pune]: महाराष्ट्र कोशमंडळ (mahārāṣṭra kośmaṇḍaḷ).