ਖਜੂਰ
Punjabi
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit खज्जूर m (khajjūra), खज्जूरी f (khajjūrī), from Sanskrit खर्जूर m (kharjūra), खर्जूरी f (kharjūrī). Cognate with Gujarati ખજૂર (khajūr), Hindustani کَھجُور (khajūr) / खजूर (khajūr), Marathi खजूर (khajūr), Bengali খেজুর (khejur), Assamese খেজুৰ (khezur).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /kʰə.d͡ʒuː.ɾᵊ/
- (Pakistan, dialectal) IPA(key): /xə.d͡ʒuː.ɾᵊ/
- Rhymes: -uːɾ
- Hyphenation: ਖ‧ਜੂਰ
Declension
| Declension of ਖਜੂਰ | ||
|---|---|---|
| dir. sg. | ਖਜੂਰ (khajūr) | |
| dir. pl. | ਖਜੂਰਾਂ (khajūrā̃) | |
| singular | plural | |
| direct | ਖਜੂਰ (khajūr) | ਖਜੂਰਾਂ (khajūrā̃) |
| oblique | ਖਜੂਰ (khajūr) | ਖਜੂਰਾਂ (khajūrā̃) |
| vocative | ਖਜੂਰੇ (khajūre) | ਖਜੂਰੋ (khajūro) |
| ablative | ਖਜੂਰੋਂ (khajūrõ) | — |
| locative | ਖਜੂਰੇ (khajūre) | ਖਜੂਰੀਂ (khajūrī̃) |
| instrumental | ਖਜੂਰੇ (khajūre) | ਖਜੂਰੀਂ (khajūrī̃) |
Synonyms
- (fruit): ਖੁਰਮਾ (khurmā)
Further reading
- Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਖਜੂਰ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons, page 578.
- “ਖਜੂਰ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kharjūˊra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 29
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