Puadhi dialect

Puadhi
ਪੁਆਧੀ
Native to	India
Region	Puadh of eastern Punjab
Ethnicity	Puadhi Punjabis
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Northwestern Punjabi Eastern Punjabi Puadhi
Writing system	Gurmukhī
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	powa1244

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Map of Punjabi dialects and languages, including the Puadhi dialect in the southeast

Puadhi (Gurmukhi: ਪੁਆਧੀ; Devanagari: पुआधी; IAST: [puādhī], sometimes spelled as Poadhi, Powadhi, or Pwadhi) is a dialect of Punjabi primarily spoken in the Puadh region of northern India. It is spoken between the Sutlej and Ghaggar river basins in the present day states of Punjab and Haryana, and the union territory of Chandigarh.

Puadh extends from Rupnagar near Satluj up to the Ghaggar river and its tributaries, Markanda and Som in the east, which lie in northern Haryana up to Kala Amb in Nahan district of Himachal Pradesh.

To the west it extends into the Puadh tract of Ludhiana where the westernmost spoken varieties of the Puadhi dialect form a continuum with Malwai and in north it blend with doabi Puadhi's western boundary also extends into Fatehgarh Sahib and Patiala districts and its influence is observed in the southwest in the adjacent areas of Kaithal and Kurukshetra districts up to northern areas of Jind distinct such as Ujhana and Dhamtan Sahib and its westernmost boundary extends into parts of Fatehabad district of Haryana.

The language is spoken over a large area in present Punjab as well as Haryana. Puadhi is also spoken in other areas: Kharar, Kurali, Rupnagar, Morinda, Chandigarh, Pail, Rajpura, Samrala in Punjab as well as Ambala, Naraingarh, Sadaura, Panchkula, Shahabad, Barara, Thana Chappar, Bilaspur, Saraswati Nagar, Pehowa, North of Kaithal and Tohana etc. in Haryana.

Grammar

• Genitive postposition: The genitive case particles of ਕਾ kā, ਕੀ kī, ਕੇ ke and ਕੀਆਂ kiān are found in Puadhi, as compared to most other dialects which use ਦਾ dā, ਦੀ dī, ਦੇ de and ਦੀਆਂ diān. Puadhi shares this grammatical trait with neighbouring dialects of Bangru and Bagri. In Punjabi, this form of second case is also observed intermittently in villages that speak Malwai.
• Ablative postposition: ਤੇ te is the Puadhi equivalent of Majhi ਤੋਂ ton, similarly ਗੇਲੇ gele is used instead of ਨਾਲੋਂ nalon.
• Topic marker: In addition to ਤੇ te and ਤਾ ta, ਤੋ to and ਤੌ tō are also commonly used. The latter ਤੌ is pronounced as a diphthong when emphasized. All four nominative particles are the same in Puadhi as in Bangru, which is spoken to its immediate south.

Vocabulary

The Puadhi dialect has many words that differ from other dialects of Punjabi.

The Puadhi language is spoken across the region shown in green.

Examples

Puadhi	Pronunciation in Puadhi	Meaning	Equivalent Majhi word
ਈਬ	[īb]	now	ਹੁਣ
ਮ੍ਹਾਰਾ	[mhārā]	our / ours	ਸਾਡਾ
ਥਾਰਾ	[thārā]	your / yours	ਤੁਹਾਡਾ
ਯੋ	[yo]	this	ਇਹ
ਨਿਊਂ	[nyūn]	such / like this	ਯੋਂ
ਛੋਕਰਾ	[chokrā]	boy	ਮੁੰਡਾ
ਗੈਲ	[gail]	with	ਨਾਲ
ਹਮੇ / ਹਮ	[hamē] / [ham]	we	ਅਸੀਂ
ਥਮੇ / ਥਮ	[thamē] / [tham]	you	ਤੁਸੀਂ
ਗਾਰਤੀ	[gārtī]	quickly	ਛੇਤੀ
ਲਾਗ	[lāg]	near	ਨੇੜੇ
ਬੋਹਤਾ	[bōhtā]	much	ਬੜਾ
ਪਾਲ਼ਾ	[pāɭ̆ā]	cold weather	ਠੰਡ

See also

• Puadh
• Languages of India
• List of Indian languages by total speakers
• Languages of Pakistan
• List of Punjabi television channels