Source: https://jugti.com/kosh/words/angutha/ ਅ [Kosh](https://jugti.com/kosh/)/[Words](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/)/Noun Word # ਅੰਗੂਠਾ angutha Say it**ang-GOO-tha**Type**Noun** In short Angutha (ਅੰਗੂਠਾ) is the thumb in Punjabi: the short, thick finger set apart on the side of the hand, and also the great toe. From Sanskrit, the word also names a thumbprint, the mark put on paper in place of a signature. ## How it's used 1. 1ਉਸ ਨੇ ਅੰਗੂਠਾ ਦਿਖਾ ਕੇ ਕਿਹਾ, ਸਭ ਠੀਕ ਹੈ।He showed a thumbs up and said everything is fine. _The thumbs up sign_ 2. 2ਦਾਦਾ ਜੀ ਨੇ ਕਾਗ਼ਜ਼ ਉੱਤੇ ਅੰਗੂਠਾ ਲਗਾਇਆ।Grandfather put his thumb impression on the paper. _In place of a signature_ 3. 3ਬੱਚਾ ਅੰਗੂਠਾ ਚੂਸ ਰਿਹਾ ਹੈ।The child is sucking his thumb. _A child's habit_ Show 1 more example 1. 4ਉਸ ਨੇ ਮਖੌਲ ਵਿੱਚ ਅੰਗੂਠਾ ਦਿਖਾ ਦਿੱਤਾ ਅਤੇ ਦੇਣ ਤੋਂ ਇਨਕਾਰ ਕਰ ਦਿੱਤਾ।He showed his thumb in mockery and refused to give it. _The defy idiom_ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਰਥ ਅੰਗੂਠਾ ਹੱਥ ਦੀ ਸਭ ਤੋਂ ਛੋਟੀ ਅਤੇ ਮੋਟੀ ਉਂਗਲ ਨੂੰ ਕਹਿੰਦੇ ਹਨ, ਜੋ ਬਾਕੀ ਉਂਗਲਾਂ ਤੋਂ ਵੱਖ ਖੜ੍ਹੀ ਹੁੰਦੀ ਹੈ। ਇਹ ਸ਼ਬਦ ਸੰਸਕ੍ਰਿਤ ਦੇ ਪੁਰਾਣੇ ਸ਼ਬਦ ਤੋਂ ਆਇਆ ਹੈ। ਅੰਗੂਠੇ ਨਾਲ ਚੀਜ਼ਾਂ ਫੜੀਆਂ ਜਾਂਦੀਆਂ ਹਨ, ਬਟਨ ਲਗਾਏ ਜਾਂਦੇ ਹਨ ਅਤੇ ਕਲਮ ਫੜੀ ਜਾਂਦੀ ਹੈ। ਦਸਤਖ਼ਤ ਦੀ ਥਾਂ ਕਾਗ਼ਜ਼ ਉੱਤੇ ਲਗਾਇਆ ਨਿਸ਼ਾਨ ਵੀ ਅੰਗੂਠਾ ਹੀ ਕਹਾਉਂਦਾ ਹੈ। ਕਿਸੇ ਨੂੰ ਅੰਗੂਠਾ ਦਿਖਾਉਣ ਦਾ ਅਰਥ ਹੈ ਮਖੌਲ ਨਾਲ ਇਨਕਾਰ ਕਰਨਾ। What does angutha mean in Punjabi? Angutha (ਅੰਗੂਠਾ) is the thumb: the short, thick finger on the side of the hand, set apart from the other fingers, and also the great toe. It is the finger used for gripping, for a thumbs up sign, and for the thumbprint left in place of a signature. ## What does angutha mean in Punjabi? Rekhta Dictionary gives angutha as a masculine noun, origin Sanskrit, with two linked meanings: the thumb, also called the great toe, and a thumbprint. Wiktionary traces the word to Sanskrit angushtha and also gives thumb as its meaning. Ling lists the thumb in its Punjabi hand words as ਅੰਗੂਠਾ, next to the wrist and the fingernail. Unlike the ungal, the ordinary finger, the angutha stands apart from the other fingers and works against them, which is why a hand can grip, hold and turn things. ## Why does the angutha matter in daily life? The angutha does work no other finger can replace. It presses, holds and turns: opening a lid, buttoning a shirt, holding a pen and lifting a cup all lean on it. Its print also carries a person's mark. Rekhta lists angutha for the thumb impression put on paper in place of a signature, and its compounds angutha-chhaap and angutha-tek for a person who signs that way because he cannot read or write. In Punjab that thumb impression on land and bank papers is a familiar sight, so the word is heard in offices as well as at home. ## What does angutha dikhana mean? Showing the thumb can also carry a message. Rekhta records the idiom angutha dikhana, to show the thumb to someone in defiance or derision, to defy him and refuse. It is a teasing, mocking refusal, often used by children in play when they will not give in. That is different from the friendly thumbs up that simply means all is well. The same thumb can say yes, can refuse in fun, and can sign a paper, so the listener reads the moment, not the finger alone. ## Related words [ਉਂਗਲungalfinger: one of the five jointed parts at the end of the hand](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/ungal/)[ਹੱਥhathhand](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/hath/)[ਬਾਂਹbaanhArm, the limb from the shoulder to the wrist](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/baanh/)[ਸਰੀਰ ਦੇ ਸ਼ਬਦSareer de ShabdPunjabi body words: head, eye, ear, nose, mouth, hand and foot in Gurmukhi, with meanings](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/punjabi-body-words/) Advertisement Sources (4) 1. [Rekhta Dictionary, anguutha: noun, masculine, origin Sanskrit, meaning thumb and the great toe, and thumbprint; compounds angutha-chhaap and angutha-tek for a person who signs with a thumb impression](https://www.rekhtadictionary.com/meaning-of-anguuthaa?keyword=a.nguuThaa-chhaap) 2. [Rekhta Dictionary, anguutha dikhana: idiom, to show the thumb to someone in defiance or derision, to defy](https://www.rekhtadictionary.com/meaning-of-anguuthaa-dikhaanaa) 3. [Wiktionary, anguutha: inherited from Sanskrit angushtha, meaning thumb in anatomy](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/انگوٹھا) 4. [Ling, Body Parts in Punjabi: thumb is ਅੰਗੂਠਾ in the body and hand lists, next to wrist ਗੁੱਟ and fingernail ਨਹੁੰ](https://ling-app.com/blog/body-parts-in-punjabi/) [Report a correction](https://jugti.com/corrections/) **Jugti is free and independent.** Reader support keeps the Kosh growing. [Support](https://jugti.com/support/) ## More words [ਚੰਨchannMoon](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/chann/)[ਕਿੱਦਾਂkiddanhow are you? what's up? 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