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{{Short description|Dialect of Punjabi}}
{{Infobox language
|name=Puadhi
|altname=
|nativename= ਪੁਆਧੀ
|states=[[India]]
|region= [[Puadh]] of eastern [[Punjab]]
|ethnicity= [[Puadhi people|Puadhi Punjabis]]
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|fam4=[[Northwestern Indo-Aryan languages|Northwestern]]
|fam5=[[Punjabic languages|Punjabi]]
|fam6=Eastern Punjabi
|script=[[Gurmukhī alphabet|Gurmukhī]]
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[[File:WIKITONGUES- Randeep speaking Powadhi Punjabi.webm|thumb|Speaker of Puadhi dialect.]]
[[File:Dialects Of Punjabi.jpg|thumb|Map of Punjabi dialects and languages, including the Puadhi dialect in the southeast|350x350px]]
'''Puadhi''' ([[Gurmukhi]]: {{lang|pa|ਪੁਆਧੀ}}; [[Devanagari]]: पुआधी; [[International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration|IAST]]: [puādhī], sometimes spelled as '''Poadhi''', '''Powadhi''', or '''Pwadhi''') is a dialect of [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] primarily spoken in the [[Puadh]] region of [[North India|northern India]].<ref>[http://www.learnpunjabi.org/intro1.asp Punjabi University, Patiala.]</ref> It is spoken between the [[Sutlej]] and [[Ghaggar-Hakra River#Ghaggar River|Ghaggar]] river basins in the present day states of [[Punjab region|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 [[Dialect continuum|continuum]] with [[Malwai dialect|Malwai]] and in north it blend with [[doabi]]<ref>[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=n2ZuAAAAMAAJ&q=puadh+tract+ludhiana&dq=puadh+tract+ludhiana&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi1iLz_lIHcAhXCSBQKHQyQCQIQ6AEIJzAA Punjab District Gazetteers: Patiala]</ref> 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 Markanda|Shahabad]], [[Barara]], [[Thana Chappar]], Bilaspur, [[Saraswati Nagar]], [[Pehowa]], North of [[Kaithal]] and [[Tohana]] etc. in [[Haryana]].

== Grammar ==

* [[Genitive case|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 case|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.
[[File:Map of the Puadh region.png|alt=The Puadh region consists of the eastern districts of Punjab, the north-western portions of Haryana and the southernmost strip of Himachal Pradesh.|thumb|260x260px|The Puadhi language is spoken across the region shown in green.]]

=== Examples ===
{| class="wikitable"
!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 ==
{{Punjabis}}

* [[Puadh]]
* [[Languages of India]]
* [[List of Indian languages by total speakers]]
* [[Languages of Pakistan]]
* [[List of Punjabi television channels]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{Punjabi dialects}}

[[Category:Languages of India]]
[[Category:Languages of Punjab, India]]
[[Category:Punjabi dialects]]

Puadhi dialect - Revision history

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