ਵਿੱਚ

• 'ਚ ('ca) — contraction
• ਬਿੱਚ (bicca) — Malwai, Doabi

Inherited from Old Punjabi ਵਿਚਿ (vici /⁠vicci⁠/), from Prakrit विच्च (vicca), from Sanskrit *वीच्य (*vīcya) (compare वीचि (vīci)). Cognate to Hindi बीच (bīc, “middle”).

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /(ʋ)ɪt͡ʃːɪ̆/
• (Malwai, Doabi) IPA^(key): /bɪt͡ʃːɪ̆/

ਵਿੱਚ • (vicca) (Shahmukhi spelling وچ)

1. marks the locative case on nouns inflected in the postpositional/oblique case: in, within

   ਲੁਧਿਆਣੇ ਅਤੇ ਪਟਿਆਲੇ ‎ਵਿੱਚ ― ludhiāṇe ate paṭiāle ‎vicca ― in Ludhiana and Patiala

   Synonyms: -ਏ (-ē), -ਈਂ (-ī̃), ਮੰਝਾਰ (mañjhār) (rare)

2. between, among

   Synonyms: ਨਾਲ (nāl), ਮੰਝਲਾ (mañjhlā)

3. (uncommon) periphrastically forms adverbs from adjectives: -ly

   ‎ਅਸਲ (asal, “real, true”) + ‎ਵਿੱਚ (vicca) → ‎ਅਸਲ ਵਿੱਚ (asal vicca, “really, truly”)

   Synonym: ਤੌਰ ਤੇ (taur te)

• Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਵਿੱਚ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons, page 1209.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vīcya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 696