پیڑ

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Punjabi

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit *पदड़ (*padaḍa).

Pronunciation

Noun

پَیڑ • (paiṛ) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਪੈੜ)

  1. a footprint
    Synonym: کُھرا (khurā)
  2. the sound of footsteps
  3. a high place built for kings
  4. scaffolding
  5. search
Declension
Declension of پیڑ
dir. sg. پَیڑ (paiṛ)
dir. pl. پَیڑاں (paiṛāṉ)
singular plural
direct پَیڑ (paiṛ) پَیڑاں (paiṛāṉ)
oblique پَیڑ (paiṛ) پَیڑاں (paiṛāṉ)
vocative پَیڑے (paiṛe) پَیڑو (paiṛo)
ablative پَیڑوں (paiṛoṉ) پَیڑاں (paiṛāṉ)
locative پَیڑی (paiṛī) پَیڑِیں (paiṛīṉ)
instrumental پَیڑِیں (paiṛīṉ) پَیڑے (paiṛe)

Further reading

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “پَیڑ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • “ਪੈੜ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*padaḍa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 438

Etymology 2

Inherited from Prakrit †*𑀧𑁂𑀟 (†*peḍa).

Pronunciation

Noun

پیڑ • (peṛ) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਪੇੜ)

  1. tree
Declension
Declension of پیڑ
dir. sg. پَیڑ (paiṛ)
dir. pl. پَیڑ (paiṛ)
singular plural
direct پَیڑ (paiṛ) پَیڑ (paiṛ)
oblique پَیڑ (paiṛ) پَیڑاں (paiṛāṉ)
vocative پَیڑا (paiṛā) پَیڑو (paiṛo)
ablative پَیڑوں (paiṛoṉ) پَیڑاں (paiṛāṉ)
locative پَیڑے (paiṛe) پَیڑِیں (paiṛīṉ)
instrumental پَیڑوں (paiṛoṉ) –

Further reading

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “پیڑ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • “پیڑ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “†*pēḍa-²”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 475

Etymology 3

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀧𑀻𑀟𑀸 (pīḍā), from Sanskrit पीडा (pīḍā́).

Pronunciation

Noun

پِیڑ • (pīṛ) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਪੀੜ)

  1. pain; ache
  2. (figuratively):
    1. love
    2. pity; mercy
  3. the residue of crushed sugarcane
Declension
Declension of پیڑ
dir. sg. پَیڑ (paiṛ)
dir. pl. پَیڑ (paiṛ)
singular plural
direct پَیڑ (paiṛ) پَیڑ (paiṛ)
oblique پَیڑ (paiṛ) پَیڑاں (paiṛāṉ)
vocative پَیڑا (paiṛā) پَیڑو (paiṛo)
ablative پَیڑوں (paiṛoṉ) پَیڑاں (paiṛāṉ)
locative پَیڑے (paiṛe) پَیڑِیں (paiṛīṉ)
instrumental پَیڑوں (paiṛoṉ) –

Further reading

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “پِیڑ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • “ਪੀੜ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pīḍā́”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 465

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-Aryan *peḍ-. Cognate with Punjabi پیڑ (peṛ).

Pronunciation

Noun

پیڑ • (peṛ) m (Hindi spelling पेड़)

  1. tree
    Synonym: درخت (daraxt)
  2. plant, shrub

Derived terms

  • جَڑ پیڑ (jaṛ-peṛ, “whole”, literally “root and plant”)

References

  • “پیڑ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “پیڑ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884) “پیڑ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • “پیڑ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
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