bota / boti/ bātarū - words for camels

male camel - bota / ਬੋਤਾ

female camel - boti / ਬੋਤੀ

camel child - bātarū / ਬਤਾਰੂ

dialect: Malwai | ਮਲਵਈ | ملوئی


Examples

Bote jidda ho gyaae, bolaN da chajj nhii'n

you have grown to the size of a camel alas you have no sense of speaking

Jatt joR ke bagRi bota tibbeya'an nu vahauN challeyaa

the Jatt takes the Bagri breed of camel to farm the sand dunes

Vekh kime'n bātarū 'aangu lattaa'n maarda

look at him kicking his legs like a child of a camel!


Video example: ਆਜੋ ਦਿਖਾਵਾ ਕਿੰਨੇ ਦਾ ਮਿਲਦਾ ਪੰਜਾਬ ਵਿੱਚ ਬੋਤਾ/ਬੋਤੀ

Article: examples in folk (ਬੋਤਾ ਲਿਆਈਂ ਉਹ ਮਿੱਤਰਾ)

Song: ਬੋਤਾ ਬੰਨ੍ਹ ਲੈ ਸਰਵਣਾ ਵੀਰਾ |Bota Bann Lai Sarwna Veera

note: utth and dachi (f) are also punjabi words for camels