Pahari-Pothwari
| Pahari-Pothwari | |
|---|---|
| پوٹھواری, پہاڑی Poṭhwārī, Pahāṛī | |
 | |
| Native to | Pakistan |
| Region | Pothohar region of Punjab, Azad Kashmir and western parts of Jammu and Kashmir, other parts of India including Punjab and Haryana (by partition refugees and descendants) |
Native speakers | several million[a] |
| Shahmukhi | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | phr |
| Glottolog | paha1251 Pahari Potwari |
The Western Punjabi language variety [b] spoken on the Pothohar Plateau in the far north of Punjab, Pakistan, as well as in most of Pakistan-administered Azad Kashmir and in western areas of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir, is known by a variety of names, the most common of which are Pahari (English: /pəˈhɑːri/;[1] an ambiguous name also applied to unrelated languages of India), and Pothwari (or Pothohari).
The language is transitional between Hindko and Standard Punjabi[2] and is mutually intelligible with both.[3] There have been efforts at cultivation as a literary language,[4] although a local standard has not been established yet.[5] The Shahmukhi script is used to write the language, such as in the works of Punjabi poet Mian Muhammad Bakhsh.
Grierson in his early 20th-century Linguistic Survey of India assigned it to a so-called "Northern cluster" of Lahnda (Western Punjabi), but this classification, as well as the validity of the Lahnda grouping in this case, have been called into question.[6] In a sense both Pothwari, as well as other Lahnda varieties, and Standard Punjabi are "dialects" of a "Greater Punjabi" macrolanguage.[7]
Due to effects of dominant languages in Pakistani media like Urdu, Standard Punjabi and English and religious impact of Arabic and Persian, Pahari-Pothwari like other regional varieties of Pakistan are continuously expanding its vocabulary base with loan words.[8]
Geographic distribution and dialects
There are at least three major dialects: Pothwari, Mirpuri and Pahari.[c] The Pothwari spoken in Gujar Khan is regarded as the most prestigious dialect of Pothwari spoken in Pakistan.[9]
The dialects are mutually intelligible,[10] but the difference between the northernmost and the southernmost dialects (from Muzaffarabad and Mirpur respectively) is enough to cause difficulties in understanding.[11]
Pothohar Plateau
Pothwari (پوٹھواری), also spelt Potwari, Potohari and Pothohari (پوٹھوہاری),[12] is spoken in the Pothohar Plateau of northern Punjab,[13] an area administratively within Rawalpindi division.[14] Pothwari is its most common name, and some call it Pindiwal Punjabi to differentiate it from the Punjabi spoken elsewhere in Punjab.[15]
Pothwari extends southwards up to the Salt Range, with the city of Jhelum marking the border with Majha Punjabi. To the north, Pothwari transitions into the Pahari-speaking area, with Bharakao, near Islamabad, generally regarded as the point where Pothwari ends and Pahari begins.[16] Pothwari has been represented by their own people and their own community as they re-presented with their own ethnic group.[5][d], 85.1% of households had Pothwari as mother tongue.
Among the dialects of the Pahari-Pothwari dialect cluster, the variety spoken on the Pothohar is the only native language in the Rawalpindi division and it is ethno-linguistic group.[citation needed] This Pothwari is also regarded as the most prestigious dialect spoken in the region.[citation needed]
Mirpur
East of the Pothwari areas, across the Jhelum River into Mirpur District in Azad Kashmir, the language is more similar to Pothwari than to the Pahari spoken in the rest of Azad Kashmir.[17] Locally it is known by a variety of names:[e] Pahari, Mirpur Pahari, Mirpuri,[f] and Pothwari,[18] while some of its speakers call it Punjabi.[19] Mirpuris possess a strong sense of Kashmiri identity that overrides linguistic identification with closely related groups outside Azad Kashmir, such as the Pothwari Punjabis.[20] The Mirpur region has been the source of the greater part of Pakistani immigration to the UK, a process that started when thousands were displaced by the construction of the Mangla Dam in the 1960s and emigrated to fill labour shortages in England.[21] The British Mirpuri diaspora now numbers several hundred thousand, and Pahari has been argued to be the second most common mother tongue in the UK, yet the language is little known in the wider society there and its status has remained surrounded by confusion.[22]
Kashmir, Murree and the Galyat
Pahari (پہاڑی) is spoken to the north of Pothwari. The central cluster of Pahari dialects is found around Murree.[23] This area is in the Galyat: the hill country of Murree Tehsil in the northeast of Rawalpindi District (just north of the capital Islamabad) and the adjoining areas in southeastern Abbottabad District.[24] One name occasionally found in the literature for this language is Dhundi-Kairali (Ḍhūṇḍī-Kaiṛālī), a term first used by Grierson[25] who based it on the names of the two major tribes of the area – the Kairal and the Dhund.[13] Its speakers call it Pahari in Murree tehsil, while in Abbottabad district it is known as either Hindko or Ḍhūṇḍī.[26] Nevertheless, Hindko – properly the language of the rest of Abbottabad District and the neighbouring areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa – is generally regarded as a different language.[27] It forms a dialect continuum with Pahari, [13] and the transition between the two is in northern Azad Kashmir and in the Galyat region. For example, on the road from Murree northwest towards the city of Abbottabad, Pahari gradually changes into Hindko between Ayubia and Nathiagali.[28]
A closely related dialect is spoken across the Jhelum River in Azad Kashmir, north of the Mirpuri areas. Names associated in the literature with this dialect are Pahari (itself the term most commonly used by the speakers themselves), Chibhālī,[29] named after the Chibhal region[30] or the Chibh ethnic group,[14] and Poonchi (پونچھی, also spelt Punchhi). The latter name has been variously applied to either the Chibhali variety specific to the district of Poonch,[31] or to the dialect of the whole northern half of Azad Kashmir.[32] This dialect (or dialects) has been seen either as a separate dialect from the one in Murree,[25] or as belonging to the same central group of Pahari dialects.[33] The dialect of the district of Bagh, for example, has more shared vocabulary with the core dialects from Murree (86–88%) than with the varieties of either Muzaffarabad (84%) or Mirpur (78%).[34]
In Muzaffarabad the dialect shows lexical similarity[g] of 83–88% with the central group of Pahari dialects, which is high enough for the authors of the sociolinguistic survey to classify it is a central dialect itself, but low enough to warrant noting its borderline status.[35] The speakers however tend to call their language Hindko[36] and to identify more with the Hindko spoken to the west,[37] despite the lower lexical similarity (73–79%) with the core Hindko dialects of Abbottabad and Mansehra.[38] Further north into the Neelam Valley the dialect, now known locally as Parmi, becomes closer to Hindko.[39]
Pahari is also spoken further east across the Line of Control into the Pir Panjal mountains in Indian Jammu and Kashmir. The population, estimated at 1 million,[40] is found in the region between the Jhelum and Chenab rivers: most significantly in the districts of Poonch and Rajouri, to a lesser extent in neighbouring Baramulla and Kupwara,[41] and also – as a result of the influx of refugees during the Partition of 1947 – scattered throughout the rest of Jammu and Kashmir.[42] Pahari is among the regional languages listed in the sixth schedule of the Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir.[43] This Pahari is sometimes conflated with the Western Pahari languages spoken in the mountainous region in the south-east of Indian Jammu and Kashmir. These languages, which include Bhadarwahi and its neighbours, are often called "Pahari", although not same they are closely related to Pahari–Pothwari.[44]
Phonology
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| oral | nasal | oral | nasal | oral | nasal | |
| Close | iː | ĩː | uː | ũː | ||
| Near-close | ɪ | ʊ | ||||
| Mid | e eː | ẽː | ə | o oː | ||
| Open | æ æː | aː | ãː | |||
| Front | Central | Back | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| oral | nasal | oral | nasal | oral | nasal | |
| Close | i iː | ĩ ĩː | u uː | ũ ũː | ||
| Mid | e | ẽ | ɐ | ɐ̃ | o | õ |
| Open | ɑ | ɑ̃ | ||||
A long diphthong /ɑi/ can be realized as [äː].[45]
Consonants
| Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Post-alv./ Palatal |
Velar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop/ Affricate |
voiceless | p | t̪ | t | t͡ʃ | k | |
| aspirated | pʰ | t̪ʰ | tʰ | t͡ʃʰ | kʰ | ||
| voiced | b | d̪ | d | d͡ʒ | ɡ | ||
| Fricative | voiceless | f | s | ʃ | x | ||
| voiced | v | z | ɣ | ɦ | |||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | ||||
| Approximant | l | j | |||||
| Tap/Trill | r | ɽ | |||||
| Labial | Alveolar | Retroflex | Post-alv./ Palatal |
Velar/ Uvular |
Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | voiceless | p | t | ʈ | k | ||
| aspirated | pʰ | tʰ | ʈʰ | kʰ | |||
| voiced | b | d | ɖ | ɡ | |||
| breathy | bʱ | dʱ | ɖʱ | ɡʱ | |||
| Affricate | voiceless | t͡s | |||||
| aspirated | t͡sʰ | ||||||
| voiced | d͡z | ||||||
| Fricative | voiceless | (f) | s | ʃ | (χ) | h | |
| voiced | v | z | (ʒ) | (ʁ) | |||
| Nasal | m | n | ɳ | ||||
| Approximant | l | ɭ | j | ||||
| Tap/Trill | r | ɽ | |||||
- Sounds [f, ʒ, χ, ʁ, q] are heard from Persian and Arabic loanwords.
- /h/ is realized as voiced [ɦ] in word-initial position.
- /n/ before a velar consonant can be heard as [ŋ].[45]
Notable Features
Future Tense
The future tense in Pothwari is formed by adding -s as opposed to the Eastern Punjabi gā.[47]
This tense is also used in other Western Punjabi dialects such as the Jatki dialects, Shahpuri, Jhangochi and Dhanni, as well as in and Hindko and Saraiki.[48]
| English | Pothwari | Eastern Punjabi | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transliteration | Shahmukhi | Gurmukhi | Transliteration | Shahmukhi | Gurmukhi | |
| I will do | Mãi karsā̃ | مَیں کرساں | ਮੈਂ ਕਰਸਾਂ | Mãi karāngā | مَیں کرانگا | ਮੈਂ ਕਰਾਂਗਾ |
| We will do | Asā̃ karsā̃ | اَساں کرساں | ਅਸਾਂ ਕਰਸਾਂ | Asī̃ karānge | اَسِیں کرانگے | ਅਸੀਂ ਕਰਾਂਗੇ |
| You will do (s) | Tū̃ karsãi | تُوں کرسَیں | ਤੂੰ ਕਰਸੈਂ | Tū̃ karãigā | تُوں کریں گا | ਤੂੰ ਕਰੇਂਗਾ |
| You will do (p) | Tusā̃ karso | تُساں کرسو | ਤੁਸਾਂ ਕਰਸੋ | Tusī̃ karoge | تُسِیں کروگے | ਤੁਸੀਂ ਕਰੋਗੇ |
| He/She will do | Ó karsi | اوه کَرسی | ਓਹ ਕਰਸੀ | Ó karega | اوه کرے گا | ਓਹ ਕਰੇਗਾ |
| They will do | Ó karsan | اوہ کرسن | ਓਹ ਕਰਸਨ | Ó karaṇge | اوه کرݨ گے | ਓਹ ਕਰਣਗੇ |
This type of future tense was also used by classical Punjabi poets. Punjabi poet Bulleh Shah sometimes uses a similar form of future tense in his poetry[49]
Shahmukhi: جو کُجھ کَرسین, سو کُجھ پاسیں
Transliteration: Jo kujh karsãi, so kujh paasãi
Translation: Whatsoever you do, is what you shall gain
- From one of Bulleh Shah's poems[50]
Continuous Tense
Similar to Jatki, Hindko, and other Western Punjabi dialects, Pothwari also uses pyā to signify the continuous tense.[51]
Some Majhi sub-dialects also utilize this tense.
| English | Pothwari | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Transliteration | Shahmukhi | Gurmukhi | |
| I am doing | Mãi karna pya aan | میں کرنا پیا آں | ਮੈਂ ਕਰਨਾ ਪਿਆ ਆਂ |
| We are doing | Asā̃ karnay paye aan | اساں کرنے پئے آں | ਅਸਾਂ ਕਰਨੇ ਪਏ ਆਂ |
| You are doing (sing, m.) | Tū̃ karna pya ain | تُوں کرنا پیا ایں | ਤੂੰ ਕਰਨਾ ਪਿਆ ਐਂ |
| You are doing (sing, f.) | Tū̃ karni pyi ain | تُوں کرنی پئی ایں | ਤੂੰ ਕਰਨੀ ਪਈ ਐਂ |
| You are doing (plural) | Tusā̃ karnay paye o | تُساں کرنے پئے او | ਤੁਸਾਂ ਕਰਨੇ ਪਏ ਓ |
| He is doing | Ó karna pya ae | اوہ کرنا پیا اے | ਉਹ ਕਰਨਾ ਪਿਆ ਐ |
| She is doing | Ó karni pyi ae | اوہ کرنی پئے اے | ਉਹ ਕਰਨੀ ਪਈ ਐ |
| They are doing (m.) | Ó karnay paye in | اوہ کرنے پئے اِن | ਉਹ ਕਰਨੇ ਪਏ ਇਨ |
| They are doing (f.) | Ó karniyan pyian in | اوہ کرنیاں پئِیاں اِن | ਉਹ ਕਰਨੀਆਂ ਪਈਆਂ ਇਨ |
The place of "pyā" may sometimes be switched with respect to the verb.
"Tusā̃ bahoon changā kamm paye karnay o", meaning "You (plural) are doing a very good thing"
"Mãi vi tān ehe gall karnā sān pyā", meaning "I was also saying the same thing"
"Mãi vi tān ehe gall pyā karna aan", meaning "I am also saying the same thing"
Past Tense
The past tense in Pothwari resembles that of Eastern Punjabi, however depending on the dialect, there may be slight variations.
| English | Pothohari | Majhi |
|---|---|---|
| I was doing | میں کرنا پیا ساں
ਮੈਂ ਕਰਨਾ ਪਿਆ ਸਾਂ |
میں کردا پیا ساں
ਮੈਂ ਕਰਦਾ ਪਿਆ ਸਾਂ |
| We were doing | اساں کرنے پئے سیاں
اساں کرنے پئے ساں ਅਸਾਂ ਕਰਨੇ ਪਏ ਸਿਆਂ/ਸਾਂ |
اسِیں کردے پئے ساں
ਅਸੀਂ ਕਰਦੇ ਪਏ ਸਾਂ |
| You were doing (sing.) | تُوں کرنا پیا سَیں
ਤੂੰ ਕਰਨਾ ਪਿਆ ਸੈਂ |
تُوں کردا پیا سیں
ਤੂੰ ਕਰਦਾ ਪਿਆ ਸੈਂ |
| You were doing (pl.) | تُساں کرنے پئے سیو
تُساں کرنے پِئے سو ਤੁਸਾਂ ਕਰਨੇ ਪਏ ਸਿਓ/ਸੋ |
تُسِیں کردے پئے سو
ਤੁਸੀਂ ਕਰਦੇ ਪਏ ਸੋ |
| He was doing | اوہ کرنا پیا سا
اوہ کرنا پیا سی ਉਹ ਕਰਨਾ ਪਿਆ ਸਾ/ਸੀ |
اوہ کردا پیا سی
ਉਹ ਕਰਦਾ ਪਿਆ ਸੀ |
| She was doing | اوہ کرنی پئی سی
ਉਹ ਕਰਨੀ ਪਈ ਸੀ |
اوہ کردی پئی سی
ਉਹ ਕਰਦੀ ਪਈ ਸੀ |
| They were doing (m.) | اوہ کرنے پئے سے
اوہ کرنے پئے سن ਉਹ ਕਰਨੇ ਪਏ ਸੇ/ਸਨ |
اوہ کردے پئے سن
ਉਹ ਕਰਦੇ ਪਏ ਸਨ |
| They were doing (f.) | اوہ کرنِیاں پئیاں سِیاں
اوہ کرنِیاں پئیاں سن ਉਹ ਕਰਨੀਆਂ ਪਈਆਂ ਸੀਆਂ/ਸਨ |
اوہ کردِیاں پئیاں سن
ਉਹ ਕਰਦੀਆਂ ਪਈਆਂ ਸਨ |
Tribal groupings
Pahari-Pothwari speakers belong to the same tribes found in Punjab. While the names of the tribes remain the same, the Punjabi word for tribe Birādrī/Barādarī (برادری) becomes Bilādrī/Balādarī (بل ادری) in Pahari-Pothwari.
Numbering system
Pahari-Pothwari follows the numbering traditions of Standard Punjabi. A point of departure from Eastern Punjabi dialects occurs in the use of Trai (ترَے) instead of Tinn (تِنّ) for the number 3. Western Punjabi and Doabi also tend to use trai over tinn.[52]
Similarly, Pothwari and other Western Punjabi dialects use "Yārā̃" (یاراں) for "Gyarā̃" (گیاراں), "Trei" (ترئی) for "Tei" (تئی) "Panji" (پنجِی) for "Pachchi" (پچّی) and "Trih" (ترِیہہ) for "Tih" (تِیہہ), for the numbers 11, 23, 25, and 30.
| English | Pothwari and Punjabi | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Numbers | Numerals | Transliteration | Shahmukhi | Numerals |
| One | 1 | ikk | اِکّ | ۱ |
| Two | 2 | do | دو | ۲ |
| Three | 3 | trai | ترَے | ۳ |
| Four | 4 | chār | چار | ۴ |
| Five | 5 | panj | پَنج | ۵ |
| Six | 6 | che | چھے | ۶ |
| Seven | 7 | satt | سَتّ | ۷ |
| Eight | 8 | aṭṭh | اَٹّھ | ۸ |
| Nine | 9 | nau | نَو | ۹ |
| Ten | 10 | das | دَس | ۱۰ |
Ordinals
The ordinal numbers are largely the same. The only difference occurs in the words for Second and Third. Second is Doowa (دووا) in Pothwari, whilst it is Dooja (دوجا) in Punjabi. Likewise Third is Treeya (تریا) in Pothwari whilst it is Teeja (تیجا) in Punjabi. Western Punjabi in general tends to follow this trend.
| English | Pothwari | Standard Punjabi | Jatki | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ordinals | Shahmukhi | Transliteration | Shahmukhi | Transliteration | Shahmukhi | Transliteration |
| First | پہلا | Pehla | پہلا | Pehla | پہلا | Pehla |
| Second | دووا | Dūwā | دوجا | Dūjjā | دووا / دُوجا | Dūwā / Dūjjā |
| Third | تریا | Triyā | تیجا | Tījjā | ترِجیا | Trījjā |
| Fourth | چوتھا | Chottha | چوتھا | Chottha | چوتھا | Chottha |
Possessive pronouns
The possessive pronouns in Pothwari differ from that of Standard Punjabi and other Lahnda dialects.
| English | Pothwari | Jatki | Hindko | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jhangvi/Shahpuri | Dhanni | |||||||
| Shahmukhi | Gurmukhi | Shahmukhi | Gurmukhi | Shahmukhi | Gurmukhi | Shahmukhi | Gurmukhi | |
| Mine | مہاڑا | ਮਹਾੜਾ | میرا | ਮੇਰਾ | مَینڈھا | ਮੈਂਢਾ | مڑھا | ਮੜ੍ਹਾ |
| Yours (sing.) | تَہاڑا | ਤਹਾੜਾ | تیرا | ਤੇਰਾ | تَینڈھا | ਤੈਂਢਾ | تُڑھا | ਤੁੜ੍ਹਾ |
| Yours (plural.) | تُساں نا | ਤੁਸਾਂ ਨਾ | تُہاڈا | ਤੁਹਾਡਾ | تُساڈا / تُساں دا | ਤੁਸਾਡਾ / ਤੁਸਾਂ ਦਾ | تُساں دا | ਤੁਸਾਂ ਦਾ |
| Ours | اساں نا / ساہڑا | ਅਸਾਂ ਨਾ / ਸਾਹੜਾ | ساڈا | ਸਾਡਾ | اساڈا / اساں دا | ਅਸਾਡਾ / ਅਸਾਂ ਦਾ | اساں دا | ਅਸਾਂ ਦਾ |
Object marker
The object marker in Pothwari is kī (ਕੀ /کی) as opposed to nū̃ (ਨੂੰ / نوں) in Standard Punjabi.
For example:
The phrase: lokkā̃ nū̃ (ਲੋਕਾਂ ਨੂੰ / لوکاں نوں), meaning "to the people" in Standard Punjabi, would become lokkā̃ kī (ਲੋਕਾਂ ਕੀ / لوکاں کی) in Pothwari.
Hence, the personal pronouns would be as follows:
| English | Pothohari | Standard Punjabi | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shahmukhi | Gurmukhi | Shahmukhi | Gurmukhi | |
| To me | میکی | ਮਿਕੀ | مَینُوں | ਮੈਨੂੰ |
| To you (sing.) | تُکی | ਤੁਕੀ | تَینُوں | ਤੈਨੂੰ |
| To you (plural.) | تُساں کی | ਤੁਸਾਂ ਕੀ | تُہانُوں | ਤੁਹਾਨੂੰ |
| To us | اساں کی | ਅਸਾਂ ਕੀ | سانُوں | ਸਾਨੂੰ |
| To him/her | اُس کی | ਉਸ ਕੀ | اوہنُوں | ਓਹਨੂੰ |
Genitive marker
The genitive marker in Pothwari is represented through the use of nā (ਨਾ / نا) as opposed to dā (ਦਾ / دا).[53]
For example:
The phrase: lokkā̃ dā (ਲੋਕਾਂ ਦਾ / لوکاں دا), meaning "people's" or "of the people" in Pothwari, would become lokkā̃ nā (ਲੋਕਾਂ ਨਾ / لوکاں نا).
This also affects some of the possessive pronouns as described above.
It should also be noted that in Pothwari, the present form of verb does not end with the standard dā sound either, and is replaced with nā.
For example:
Miki eh nahi si chāhinā (میکی ایہہ نہیں سی چاہی نا), meaning "This is not what I wanted"
Oh kay pyā ākhnā ae? (اوہ کے پیا آخنا اے؟), meaning "What is he saying?"
This also affects the common Punjabi passive tense:
Isrā̃ nahi ākhee nā (اِسراں نہیں آکھی نا), instead of "ākhee dā", meaning "This is now how it should be said"
Oblique case of nouns
Pothwari has unique forms for nouns in oblique cases. This is not observed in Standard Punjabi, but is seen in Hindko.[54]
| English | Pothwari | Standard Punjabi | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shahmukhi | Gurmukhi | Shahmukhi | Gurmukhi | |
| Housework | گھرے نا کمّ | ਘਰੇ ਨਾ ਕੰਮ | کھر دا کمّ | ਘਰ ਦਾ ਕੰਮ |
| Dinner | راتی نی روٹی | ਰਾਤੀ ਨੀ ਰੋਟੀ | رات دی روٹی | ਰਾਤ ਦੀ ਰੋਟੀ |
| In a young age | نِکّی عُمرے وِچّ | ਨਿੱਕੀ ਉਮਰੀ ਵਿੱਚ | نِکّی عُمر وِچّ | ਨਿੱਕੀ ਉਮਰ ਵਿੱਚ |
| On my heart | مہاڑے دِلّے اپّر | ਮਹਾੜੇ ਦਿਲੇ ਅੱਪਰ | میرے دِل تے | ਮੇਰੇ ਦਿਲ ਤੇ |
| With care | دھیانے نال | ਧਿਆਨੇ ਨਾਲ | دھیان نال | ਧਿਆਨ ਨਾਲ |
| Patiently | ارماے نال | ਅਰਾਮੇ ਨਾਲ | ارام نال | ਅਰਾਮ ਨਾਲ |
| To my sister | بھینُو کی | ਭੈਣੂ ਕੀ | بھین نُوں | ਭੈਣ ਨੂੰ |
| For my brother | بھراووُ آسطے | ਭਰਾਊ ਆਸਤੇ | بھرا آسطے | ਭਰਾ ਆਸਤੇ |
| Important detail | کمّے نی گلّ | ਕੰਮੇ ਨੀ ਗੱਲ | کمّ دی گلّ | ਕੰਮ ਦੀ ਗੱਲ |
| There's no accounting for taste | شَونقے نا کوئی مُل نہیں ہونا | ਸ਼ੌਂਕੇ ਨਾ ਕੋਈ ਮੁੱਲ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੋਣਾ | شَونق دا کوئی مُل نہیں ہوندا | ਸ਼ੌਂਕ ਦਾ ਕੋਈ ਮੁੱਲ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੁੰਦਾ |
| Understand the point | گلّے کی سمجھ | ਗੱਲੇ ਕੀ ਸਮਝ | گلّ نُوں سمجھ | ਗੱਲ ਨੂੰ ਸਮਝ |
Adding "i" to root form of verb
A peculiar feature of Pothwari is to end the basic root form of verbs with an "i" sound.[55]
| English | Pothwari | Standard Punjabi | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shahmukhi | Gurmukhi | Shahmukhi | Gurmukhi | |
| It happened | ہوئی گیا | ਹੋਈ ਗਿਆ | ہو گیا | ਹੋ ਗਿਆ |
| It may be possible | ہوئی سکنا اے | ਹੋਈ ਸਕਣਾ ਐ | ہو سکدا اے | ਹੋ ਸਕਦਾ ਐ |
| Together | رلی مِلی تے | ਰਲੀ ਮਿਲੀ ਤੇ | رل مِل کے | ਰਲ ਮਿਲ ਕੇ |
| Finish it | مُکائی چھوڑ | ਮੁਕਾਈ ਛੋੜ | مُکا چھڈّ/چھوڑ | ਮੁਕਾ ਛੋੜ/ਛੱਡ |
| Look | تکّی گھِنو | ਤੱਕੀ ਘਿਨੋ | تکّ لوو | ਤੱਕ ਲਵੋ |
| Come back after having lunch | روٹی کھائی تے مُڑی اچھِیں | ਰੋਟੀ ਖਾਈ ਤੇ ਮੁੜੀ ਅਛੀਂ | روٹی کھا کے مُڑ آوِیں | ਰੋਟੀ ਖਾ ਕੇ ਮੁੜ ਆਵੀਂ |
| Eat it | کھائی گھِن | ਖਾਈ ਘਿਨ | کھا لَے | ਖਾ ਲੈ |
| Sit quietly for once | کدے ٹِکی تے بہی وی جایا کر | ਕਦੇ ਟਿੱਕੀ ਤੇ ਬਹੀ ਵੀ ਜਾਇਆ ਕਰ | کدے ٹِک کے بہہ وی جایا کر | ਕਦੇ ਟਿੱਕ ਕੇ ਬਹਿ ਵੀ ਜਾਇਆ ਕਰ |
Vocabulary
Words for "Coming" and "Going"
The Pothwari word for "coming" is acchṇā, whereas for "going" gacchṇā, julṇā and jāṇā are used.[55]
| English | Pothwari | Jatki | Standard Punjabi | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shahmukhi | Gurmukhi | Shahmukhi | Gurmukhi | Shahmukhi | Gurmukhi | |
| I am coming | میں اچھنا پیا آں | ਮੈਂ ਅਛਣਾ ਪਿਆ ਆਂ | میں آندا پیا آں | ਮੈਂ ਆਂਦਾ ਪਿਆ ਆਂ | میں آؤندا پیا آں | ਮੈਂ ਆਉਂਦਾ ਪਿਆ ਆਂ |
| I am going | میں گچھنا پیا آں
میں جانا پیا آں |
ਮੈਂ ਗਛਣਾ/ਜਾਣਾ ਪਿਆ ਆਂ | میں ویندا/جاندا پیا آں | ਮੈਂ ਵੇਂਦਾ/ਜਾਂਦਾ ਪਿਆ ਆਂ | میں جاندا پیا آں | ਮੈਂ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਪਿਆ ਆਂ |
| I am not understanding | میکی سمجھ نہیں اچھنی پئی | ਮਿਕੀ ਸਮਝ ਨਹੀਂ ਅਛਣੀ ਪਈ | مینُوں سمجھ نہیں آندی پئی | ਮੈਨੂੰ ਸਮਝ ਨਹੀਂ ਆਂਦੀ ਪਈ | مینُوں سمجھ نہیں آندی پئی | ਮੈਨੂੰ ਸਮਝ ਨਹੀਂ ਆਂਦੀ ਪਈ |
| I will leave tomorrow | میں کلّ گیساں
میں کلّ جاساں |
ਮੈਂ ਕੱਲ੍ਹ ਗੇਸਾਂ/ਜਾਸਾਂ | میں کلّ ویساں
میں کلّ جاساں |
ਮੈਂ ਕੱਲ੍ਹ ਵੇਸਾਂ
ਮੈਂ ਕੱਲ੍ਹ ਵੇਸਾਂ ਜਾਸਾਂ |
میں کلّ جاواں گا | ਮੈਂ ਕੱਲ੍ਹ ਜਾਵਾਂਗਾ |
| We are going for work | اساں کمّے اپّر جُلے آں | ਅਸਾਂ ਕੰਮੇ ਅੱਪਰ ਜੁਲੇ ਆਂ | اسِیں کمّ تے چلے آں | ਅਸੀਂ ਕੱਮ ਤੇ ਚਲੇ ਆਂ | اسِیں کمّ تے چلّے آں | ਅਸੀਂ ਕੱਮ ਤੇ ਚਲੇ ਆਂ |
| It happens | ہوئی گچھنا اے
ہوئی جُلنا اے ہوئی جانا اے |
ਹੋਈ ਗਛਣਾ ਐ
ਹੋਈ ਜੁਲਣਾ ਐ ਹੋਈ ਜਾਣਾ ਐ |
ہو ویندا اے
ہو جاندا اے |
ਹੋ ਵੇਂਦਾ ਐ
ਹੋ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਐ |
ہو جاندا اے | ਹੋ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਐ |
| Sit down | بہی جُل
بہی گچھ بہی جا |
ਬਹੀ ਜੁਲ
ਬਹੀ ਗਛ ਬਹੀ ਜਾ |
بہہ ونج
بہہ جا |
ਬਹਿ ਵੰਜ
ਬਹਿ ਜਾ |
بہہ جا | ਬਹਿ ਜਾ |
| I will take him along | اُسکی وی نال گھِنی جاساں
اُسکی وی نال گھِنی جُلساں |
ਉਸਕੀ ਵੀ ਨਾਲ ਘਿਨੀ ਜਾਸਾਂ
ਉਸਕੀ ਵੀ ਨਾਲ ਘਿਨੀ ਜੁਲਸਾਂ |
اوہنُوں وی نال لے ویساں/جاساں
اوہنُوں وی نال گھِن ویساں |
ਓਹਨੂੰ ਵੀ ਨਾਲ ਲੈ ਵੇਸਾਂ/ਜਾਸਾਂ
ਓਹਨੂੰ ਵੀ ਨਾਲ ਘਿਨ ਵੇਸਾਂ |
اوہنُوں وی نال لَے جاواں گا | ਓਹਨੂੰ ਵੀ ਨਾਲ ਲੈ ਜਾਵਾਂਗਾ |
The imperative for gacchṇā is both gacch and gau.
Causative verbs
Pothwari causative verbs end with -ālnā.[56]
| English | Pothwari | Standard Punjabi | Jatki |
|---|---|---|---|
| To cause to eat | کھوالنا | کھواؤنا / کھوانا | کھواونا |
| To cause to drink | پیالنا | پیانا / پیاؤنا | پِواوَنا |
| To cause to bathe | نہوالنا | نہوانا / نہواؤنا | نہواوَنا |
| To cause to wash | دھووانا | دھووانا / دھوواؤنا | دھوواوَنا |
| To cause to cry | رووالنا | رووانا / روواؤنا | روواوَنا |
| To cause to sleep | سوالنا | سواؤنا / سوانا | سواوَنا |
| To cause to sit | بہالنا | بہاؤنا / بہانا | بہاوَنا |
| To cause to stand | اُٹھالنا | اُٹھاوَنا / اُٹھانا | اُٹھاوَنا |
Words used for "Taking" and "Bringing"
Commonly observed in the Lahnda dialects is the use of Ghinṇā (گھِننا)[57][58] and Aaṇnā (آننا)[59][60] instead of the Eastern Punjabi words Laiṇā (لَینا) and Lyāṇā (لیانا).
Notice how Ghin āo becomes Ghini achho, and Ghin ghidā becomes Ghini ghidā in accordance with Pothwari grammar and vocabulary.
| English | Jatki | Pothohari | Hindko | Saraiki | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shahpuri/Jhangochi | Dhanni | ||||
| From tomorrow onwards, I'll also bring it for you, just cope for today. | کلّ توں میں تُہانُوں وی لیا دِتّا کرساں، اجّ گُزارہ کر لوو
ਕੱਲ੍ਹ ਤੋਂ ਮੈਂ ਤੁਹਾਨੂੰ ਵੀ ਲਿਆ ਦਿੱਤਾ ਕਰਸਾਂ, ਅੱਜ ਗੁਜ਼ਾਰਾ ਕਰ ਲਵੋ |
کلّ توں میں تُسانُوں وی آݨ دِتّا کریساں، اجّ گُزارہ کر گھِنو
ਕੱਲ੍ਹ ਤੋਂ ਮੈਂ ਤੁਸਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਵੀ ਆਣ ਦਿੱਤਾ ਕਰੇਸਾਂ, ਅੱਜ ਗੁਜ਼ਾਰਾ ਕਰ ਘਿਨੋ |
کلّ توں میں تُساں کی وی آݨی دیا کرساں، اجّ گُزارہ کری گھِنو
ਕੱਲ੍ਹ ਤੋਂ ਮੈਂ ਤੁਸਾਂ ਕੀ ਵੀ ਆਣੀ ਦਿਆ ਕਰਸਾਂ, ਅੱਜ ਗੁਜ਼ਾਰਾ ਕਰੀ ਘਿਨੋ |
کلّ توں میں تُساں آں وی آݨ دیا کرساں، اجّ گُزارہ کر گھِنو
ਕੱਲ੍ਹ ਤੋਂ ਮੈਂ ਤੁਸਾਂ ਆਂ ਵੀ ਆਣ ਦਿਆ ਕਰਸਾਂ, ਅੱਜ ਗੁਜ਼ਾਰਾ ਕਰ ਘਿਨੋ |
کلّ توں میں تُہاکُوں وی آݨ ڈِتّا کریساں، اجّ گُزارہ کر گھِنو
ਕੱਲ੍ਹ ਤੋਂ ਮੈਂ ਤੁਹਾਕੂੰ ਵੀ ਆਣ ਡਿੱਤਾ ਕਰੇਸਾਂ, ਅੱਜ ਗੁਜ਼ਾਰਾ ਕਰ ਘਿਨੋ |
| Bring him along as well. | اوہنُوں وی نال لَے آوو
ਓਹਨੂੰ ਵੀ ਨਾਲ ਲੈ ਆਵੋ |
اوہنُوں وی نال گھِن آوو
ਓਹਨੂੰ ਵੀ ਨਾਲ ਘਿਨ ਆਵੋ |
اُسکی وی نال گھِنی اچھو
ਉਸਕੀ ਵੀ ਨਾਲ ਘਿਨੀ ਅਛੋ |
اُساں وی نال گھِن آؤ
ਉਸਾਂ ਵੀ ਨਾਲ ਘਿਨ ਆਓ |
اُوکُوں وی نال گھِن آوو
ਊਕੂੰ ਵੀ ਨਾਲ ਘਿਨ ਆਵੋ |
| They took it from me as well | اُنھاں میرے کولُوں وی لَے لیا
ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਮੇਰੇ ਕੋਲੂੰ ਵੀ ਲੈ ਲਿਆ |
اُنھاں مینڈھے کولُوں وی گھِن گھِدا
ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਮੈਂਢੇ ਕੋਲੂੰ ਵੀ ਘਿਨ ਘਿਦਾ |
اُنھاں مہاڑے کولُوں وی گھِنی گھِدا
ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਮਹਾੜੇ ਕੋਲੂੰ ਵੀ ਘਿਨੀ ਘਿਦਾ |
اُنھان مڑھے کولُوں وی گھِن گھِدا
ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਮੜ੍ਹੇ ਕੋਲੂੰ ਵੀ ਘਿਨ ਘਿਦਾ |
اُنھاں میڈے کولُوں وی گھِن گھِدا
ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਮੈਂਡੇ ਕੋਲੂੰ ਵੀ ਘਿਨ ਘਿਦਾ |
| He is bringing | اوہ لیاندا پیا اے
ਓਹ ਲਿਆਂਦਾ ਪਿਆ ਐ |
اوہ اݨیدا پیا اے
ਓਹ ਅਣੇਦਾ ਪਿਆ ਐ |
اوہ آݨنا پیا اے
ਓਹ ਆਣਨਾ ਪਿਆ ਐ |
اوہ آݨدا پیا اے
ਓਹ ਆਣਦਾ ਪਿਆ ਐ |
اوہ اݨیدا پیا اے
ਓਹ ਅਣੇਦਾ ਪਿਆ ਐ |
| We will also have to bring them back | اُنھاں نُوں واپس وی لیاوَݨا ہوسی
ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਵਾਪਿਸ ਵੀ ਲਿਆਵਣਾ ਹੋਸੀ |
اُنھاں نُوں واپس وی آݨنا ہوسی
ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਵਾਪਿਸ ਵੀ ਆਣਨਾ ਹੋਸੀ |
اُنھاں کی واپس وی آݨنا ہوسی
ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਕੀ ਵਾਪਿਸ ਵੀ ਆਣਨਾ ਹੋਸੀ |
اُنھاں آں واپس وی آݨنا ہوسی
ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਆਂ ਵਾਪਿਸ ਵੀ ਆਣਨਾ ਹੋਸੀ |
اُنھاں کُوں واپس وی آݨنا ہوسی
ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਕੂੰ ਵਾਪਿਸ ਵੀ ਆਣਨਾ ਹੋਸੀ |
| Eat it | کھا لَے
ਖਾ ਲੈ |
کھا گھِن
ਖਾ ਘਿਨ |
کھائی گھِن
ਖਾਈ ਘਿਨ |
کھا گھِن
ਖਾ ਘਿਨ |
کھا گھِن
ਖਾ ਘਿਨ |
| Bring it
Brought it |
چا لیاؤ
چا لیاندا ਚਾ ਲਿਆਓ ਚਾ ਲਿਆਂਦਾ |
چا آݨو
چا آندا ਚਾ ਆਣੋ ਚਾ ਆਂਦਾ |
چائی آݨو
چائی آندا ਚਾਈ ਆਣੋ ਚਾਈ ਆਂਦਾ |
چا آݨو
چا آندا ਚਾ ਆਣੋ ਚਾ ਆਂਦਾ |
چا آݨو
چا آندا ਚਾ ਆਣੋ ਚਾ ਆਂਦਾ |
| Take it
Took it |
چا لوو
چا لیا ਚਾ ਲਵੋ ਚਾ ਲਿਆ |
چا گھِنو
چا گھِدا ਚਾ ਘਿਨੋ ਚਾ ਘਿਦਾ |
چائی گھِنو
چائی گھِدا ਚਾਈ ਘਿਨੋ ਚਾਈ ਘਿਦਾ |
چا گھِنو
چا گھِدا ਚਾ ਘਿਨੋ ਚਾ ਘਿਦਾ |
چا گھِنو
چا گھِدا ਚਾ ਘਿਨੋ ਚਾ ਘਿਦਾ |
| He will take him along | اوہ ایہنُوں نال لَے ویسی
اوہ ایہنُوں لے جاسی ਉਹ ਇਹਨੂੰ ਨਾਲ ਲੈ ਵੇਸੀ/ਜਾਸੀ ਉਹ ਇਹਨੂੰ ਨਾਲ ਲੈ ਜਾਸੀ |
اوہ ایہنُوں نال گھِن ویسی
ਉਹ ਇਹਨੂੰ ਨਾਲ ਘਿਨ ਵੈਸੀ |
اوہ اِسکی نال گھِنی گیسی
اوہ اِسکی نال گھِنی جُلسی اوہ اِسکی نال گھِنی جاسی ਉਹ ਇਸਕੀ ਨਾਲ ਘਿਨੀ ਗੇਸੀ ਉਹ ਇਸਕੀ ਨਾਲ ਘਿਨੀ ਜੁਲਸੀ ਉਹ ਇਸਕੀ ਨਾਲ ਘਿਨੀ ਜਾਸੀ |
اوہ اِساں نال گھِن جُلسی
ਉਹ ਇਸਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਘਿਨ ਜੁਲਸੀ |
اوہ اِیکُوں نال گھِن ویسی
ਉਹ ਈਕੂੰ ਨਾਲ ਘਿਨ ਵੇਸੀ |
Irregular past tense of verbs
Pothwari generally follows the common Punjabi irregular verbs (e.g. khādhā, peetā, nahātā, dhotā, moyā, latthā, khalotā, ḍaṭṭhā, suttā, keetā, dittā, ghidā, seetā, baddhā).
Some additional forms are observed in bantā (بنتا) for banyā and khaltā (کھلتا) for khalā.
For example:
Miki sarkay apar khaltyon addhā ghantā hoi gya sā
Menu sark tey khalyā̃/khlotyā̃ addhā ghantā ho gya si
(It had been an hour since I was waiting on the road)
Chā kadon ni banti hoi ae
Chā kadon di bani hoi ae
(The tea has been ready for quite some time)
Interrogative words
| English | Pothwari | Jatki | Standard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Why | کِیاں
ਕੀਆਂ |
کیوں
ਕਿਓਂ |
کیوں
ਕਿਓਂ |
| Where | کُتھّے / کُدھّر
ਕੁੱਥੇ / ਕੁੱਧਰ |
کِتھّے / کِدّے
ਕਿੱਥੇ / ਕਿੱਦੇ |
کِتھّے
ਕਿੱਥੇ |
| Who | کُن
ਕੁਣ |
کَون
ਕੌਣ |
کَون
ਕੌਣ |
| What | کے
ਕੇ |
کے / کی
ਕੇ / ਕੀ |
کی
ਕੀ |
Pothwari vocabulary similarities with other Western Punjabi dialects
| English | Pothwari | Jatki | Hindko | Saraiki |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Very / Much | بہُوں | بہُوں | بہُوں | بہُوں |
| Go to sleep | سئی گو | سَیں ونج | سَیں جُل | سم ونج |
| Alright / Okay | ہلا | ہلا | ہلا | ہلا |
| Boy | جاتک | جاتک / چھوہر | جندک | چھُوہر |
| What is his name? | کے ناں اُس؟ | کی/کے ناں اُس؟ | کے ناں اُس؟ | کیا ناں اُس؟ |
| Take | گھِنو | لَوو (جھنگوچی/شاہپُوری)
گھِنو (دھنی) |
گھِنو | گھِنو |
| Bring | آنو | لیاوو (جھنگوچی/شاہپُوری)
آنو (دھنی) |
آنو | آنو |
| He speaks like us | اوہ اساں آر بولنا اے | اوہ ساڈے آر بولیندا اے | اوہ اساں آر بولدا اے | اوہ ساڈے آر الیندا اے |
| Let's go | آ جُلِیئے | آ چلِیئے/جُلِیے | آ جُلاں | آ جُلُوں |
| Lift/Raise | چاؤ | چاوو | چاؤ | چاوو |
| Life | حیاتی | حیاتی | حیاتی | حیاتی |
Notes
- ^ Baart (2003, p. 10) provides an estimate of 3.8 million, presumably for the population in Pakistan alone. Lothers & Lothers (2010, p. 9) estimate the Pakistani population at well over 2.5 million and the UK diaspora at over 0.5 million. The population in India is reported in Ethnologue (2017) to be about 1 million as of 2000.
- ^ There is no consensus among linguists or Pahari-Pothwari speakers in terms of its status as a dialect of Punjabi or a separate language entirely. For the difficulties in assigning the labels "language" and "dialect", see Shackle (1979) for Punjabi and Masica (1991, pp. 23–27) for Indo-Aryan generally.
- ^ According to Lothers & Lothers (2010, p. 2). Abbasi (2010, p. 104) adds as a fourth dialect the Poonchi spoken from Poonch to the Neelam Valley. Yet another classification is reportedly presented in Karnai (2007).
- ^ For example, according to the 1981 census report for Rawalpindi District
- ^ One language activist from the diaspora in Britain "[has] said that he does not give the language a single name because those who speak the language call it many different things." (Lothers & Lothers 2012, p. 3).
- ^ Some, at least in the British diaspora, consider this term to be a misnomer if applied to the language. (Lothers & Lothers 2012, p. 3).
- ^ The similarity between wordlists containing 217 items of basic vocabulary from each location. (Lothers & Lothers 2010, pp. 15–16)
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- ^ a b Shackle 1983, p. 183.
- ^ Shackle 1979, p. 201: Pothohari "is often so close to Panjabi that any attempt to maintain the Lahndi scheme ought probably to reckon it as 'Lahndi merging into Panjabi'."
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- ^ Lothers & Lothers 2010, p. 2.
- ^ Lothers & Lothers 2010, p. 86. Speakers from Muzaffarabad "consider the Mirpur dialect different enough that it is difficult to understand."
- ^ The alternative English spellings are from Ethnologue (2017).
- ^ a b c Abbasi & Asif 2010, p. 201.
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- ^ Lothers & Lothers 2012, p. 1.
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- ^ Lothers & Lothers 2010, pp. 2, 5.
- ^ a b Abbasi 2010, p. 104.
- ^ Hindko according to Lothers & Lothers (2010, pp. 5, 39) and Dhundi according to Grierson (1919, p. 495). Pahari is reported in both sources.
- ^ Lothers & Lothers 2010, pp. 40, 126–27. The speakers of Pahari in Abbottabad District regard the Hindko of the city of Abbottabad as a different language.
- ^ Lothers & Lothers 2010, pp. 2, 40.
- ^ Lothers & Lothers 2010, pp. 2, 5, 8.
- ^ Grierson 1919, p. 505.
- ^ Grierson 1919, p. 505 and corresponding map.
- ^ Abbasi 2010, p. 104; Abbasi & Asif 2010, pp. 201–202
- ^ Lothers & Lothers 2010, sec. 3.1. The varieties surveyed here are from Bagh and Muzaffarabad.
- ^ Lothers & Lothers 2010, p. 24. The wordlists that form the basis of this comparison are from the variety of Neela Butt.
- ^ Lothers & Lothers 2010, pp. 24–25.
- ^ Lothers & Lothers 2010, pp. 26, 80.
- ^ Lothers & Lothers 2010, pp. 108, 110.
- ^ Lothers & Lothers 2010, p. 24.
- ^ Lothers & Lothers 2010, p. 26; Akhtar & Rehman 2007, p. 68. The conclusion is similarly based on lexical similarity and the comparison is with the Hindko of the Kaghan Valley on one hand and with the Pahari of the Murre Hills on the other.
- ^ A 2000 estimate reported in Ethnologue (2017)
- ^ Singh 2014, p. 18; Bhat 2014, ch. 1, pp. 38, 40
- ^ Lists of regions and settlements are found in Bhat (2014, ch. 1, pp. 40, 43–44) and Kour (2014).
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The future tense is formed by adding to the root the letter -s with the general personal endings
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- ^ J. Wilson (1898). Western Punjabi ( Shahpur District). p. 54.
me venda pyā̃, me kamm pya karendā̃.
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- ^ J. Wilson. Western Punjabi ( Shahpur District). p. 1"the genitive postposition (of) is nā instead of dā...These characteristics are also found in the dialects spoken In the western tehsils of the Rawalpindi District as far north as Attack, and probably in the intervening tahsils of the Jehlam District"
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link) - ^ J. Wilson. Western Punjabi ( Shahpur District). p. 9.
In the dialect of the Salt Range many nouns, and especialy monosyllables ending in a consonant, to form the absolute singular, add to the absolute form an e if masculine, and an i or u if feminine.
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کھوالن مصدر کھواون.
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GHINNAṈÁ ਘਿੱਨਣਾ v. a. To take
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Ghinn for Le (Take).
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آننْڑ / Anan, v. t. To bring.
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Further reading
- Karnai, Mian Karim Ullah (2007). Pahari aor Urdu: ik taqabali jaiza (in Urdu). Islamabad: National Language Authority.
- Nazir, Farah (2014). Light Verb Constructions in Potwari (PhD). University of Manchester.
