ਪੋਤੀ

What does poti mean in Punjabi? Poti (ਪੋਤੀ) means granddaughter, in one precise sense: a son's daughter. Punjabi names the exact link instead of using one loose word for every granddaughter, so the girl born to your son is your poti, and the grandparents who use the word are her dada and dadi.

What does poti mean in Punjabi?

A poti is the daughter of your son, and she is the feminine form of pota: where a son's son is a pota, a son's daughter is a poti. Relation lists give her longer form as potri (ਪੋਤਰੀ), and the plural is potian (ਪੋਤੀਆਂ). Like pota, the word is spoken from the grandparents' side: her dada ji and dadi ji call her their poti, and the rest of the family uses the word to give her exact place in the family tree, as a puttar's dhee in her dada's house.

How is poti different from dohti?

Dohti (ਦੋਹਤੀ) is a daughter's daughter. English uses granddaughter for both girls and leaves the side unsaid, but Punjabi states it in the word itself. The same girl carries both names from two homes: in her father's parents' house she is a poti, and in her mother's parents' house, to her nana and nani, she is a dohti. Learner guides to Punjabi family names set out the same pattern, with a son's children, pota and poti, belonging to the dada and dadi side, and a daughter's children, dohta and dohti, to the nana and nani side.

What comes after a poti in the family line?

A poti's own daughter continues the line under the next name in the same lists, parpoti (ਪੜਪੋਤੀ), a great granddaughter. In everyday life a poti is often especially close to her dadi, learning songs, recipes and family stories at her side, and elders introduce her with the same open pride as a pota: eh meri poti hai, this is my granddaughter. The word carries affection first, and the family map second.