پٹواری
Urdu
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit *पट्टपालिन् (paṭṭapālin, literally “slab-keeper, cloth-keeper”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /pəʈ.ʋɑː.ɾiː/, /pəʈ.wɑː.ɾiː/
- Rhymes: -iː
Noun
پَٹْواری • (paṭvārī) m (Hindi spelling पटवारी)
- (Pakistani politics) a member or supporter of the PML-N party
- (by extension) a Tory, or a politically conservative person.
- a village accountant; patwari
Declension
| Declension of پٹواری | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| direct | پٹواری (paṭvārī) | پٹواری (paṭvārī) |
| oblique | پٹواری (paṭvārī) | پٹواریوں (paṭvāriyō̃) |
| vocative | پٹواری (paṭvārī) | پٹواریو (paṭvāriyō) |
References
- “پٹواری”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “پٹواری”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.