اوکھا

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Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit *𑀅𑀯𑀓𑁆𑀔 (*avakkha) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit अपक्ष (apakṣa).

Pronunciation

Adjective

اَوکھا (aukhā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਔਖਾ)

  1. difficult, arduous (as opposed to easy)
    Antonym: سَوکھا (saukhā)
  2. distressed

Declension

Declension of اوکھا
masculine feminine
singular plural singular plural
direct اَوکھا (aukhā) اَوکھے (aukhe) اَوکھی (aukhī) اَوکھِیاں (aukhiyāṉ)
oblique اَوکھے (aukhe) اَوکھیاں (aukheyāṉ) اَوکھی (aukhī) اَوکھِیاں (aukhiyāṉ)

Noun

اَوکھا (aukhām (Gurmukhi spelling ਔਖਾ)

  1. a difficulty

Declension

Declension of اوکھا
dir. sg. اَوکھا
dir. pl. اَوکھے
singular plural
direct اَوکھا اَوکھے
oblique اَوکھے اَوکھیْاں
vocative اَوکھیْا اَوکھیو
ablative اَوکھیوں اَوکھیْاں
locative اَوکھِیں
instrumental اَوکھے

Further reading

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “اَوکھا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • ਔਖਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “apakṣá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 19