پونچھ
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)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | پونچھ (pūṉch) | پونچھیں (pūṉchẽ) |
| oblique | پونچھ (pūṉch) | پونچھوں (pūṉchõ) |
| vocative | پونچھ (pūṉch) | پونچھو (pūṉcho) |
Etymology 2
From Sanskrit पर्णोत्स (parṇotsa). Compare Kashmiri پرٛوٗنٛژھ (prūnċh).
Proper noun
پُونچھ • (pūnch) m (Hindi spelling पुंछ)
- Poonch (a town, a district of Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India)
- Poonch (a district, a division of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan)
- Poonch (a river in the autonomous territory of Azad Kashmir in Pakistan and the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir in India)
- (historical) Poonch (a district in the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir)
- 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