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Punjabi
Etymology
Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Punjabi ਖੇਤਰ (khetar)
Inherited from Sanskrit क्षेत्र॑ (kṣétra). Doublet of ਖੇਤ (khet).
Noun
ਖੇਤਰ • (khetar) m (Shahmukhi spelling کھیتر)
- field, area, region, sphere
Declension
| Declension of ਖੇਤਰ
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| dir. sg.
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ਖੇਤਰ (khetar)
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| dir. pl.
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ਖੇਤਰ (khetar)
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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ਖੇਤਰ (khetar)
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ਖੇਤਰ (khetar)
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| oblique
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ਖੇਤਰ (khetar)
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ਖੇਤਰਾਂ (khetrā̃)
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| vocative
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ਖੇਤਰਾ (khetrā)
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ਖੇਤਰੋ (khetro)
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| ablative
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ਖੇਤਰੋਂ (khetrõ)
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—
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| locative
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ਖੇਤਰੇ (khetre)
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ਖੇਤਰੀਂ (khetrī̃)
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| instrumental
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ਖੇਤਰੇ (khetre)
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ਖੇਤਰੀਂ (khetrī̃)
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Derived terms
- ਖੇਤਰੀ (khetrī, “regional”, adjective)
Further reading
- “ਖੇਤਰ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kṣḗtra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 195