اتے

Punjabi

Etymology 1

Inherited from Paisaci Prakrit [Term?], from Sanskrit उत्तमे (uttame, literally “in the highest”), locative of उत्तम (uttamá).

Postposition

اُتّے • (utte) (Gurmukhi spelling ਉੱਤੇ)

1. on
2. over, atop

Alternative forms

• تے (te) — contraction

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “uttamá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Punjabi اَتَے (atai), تَے (tai). Compare Saraiki اَتّے (atte), اَتّیں (atteṉ).

Conjunction

اتے • (ate) (Gurmukhi spelling ਅਤੇ)

1. and

Alternative forms

• تے (te) — contraction