ورتن

Punjabi

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /ʋəɾ.t̪əɳ/

Noun

وَرْتَݨ • (vartaṇ) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਵਰਤਣ)

1. verbal noun of وَرَتݨا (varatṇā)
   1. user, consumer
2. intercourse
3. money or gifts given at a wedding

Declension

Declension of ورتن

	singular	plural
direct	وَرْتَݨ (vartaṇ)	وَرْتَݨ (vartaṇ)
oblique	وَرْتَݨ (vartaṇ)	وَرْتَݨاں (vartaṇāṉ)
vocative	وَرْتَݨا (vartaṇā)	وَرْتَݨو (vartaṇo)
ablative	وَرْتَݨوں (vartaṇoṉ)	وَرْتَݨاں (vartaṇāṉ)
locative	وَرْتَݨے (vartaṇe)	وَرْتَݨِیں (vartaṇīṉ)
instrumental	وَرْتَݨوں (vartaṇoṉ)	–

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “ورتن”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਵਰਤਣ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vartaṇ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press