ਖਰਚੁ
Old Punjabi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian خرچ (xarč) / خرج (xarj), from Arabic خَرْج (ḵarj). Compare Old Marathi 𑘏𑘨𑘓 (kharaca).
Noun
ਖਰਚੁ (kharacu) m (Shahmukhi کَھرَچُ)
- cost, travelling expenses, sustenance, provision (for life)
- ਖਰਚੁ ਬੰਨਿ, ਬਾਂਧਿ
- kharacu banni, bāndhi
- /kharacu bannhi, bāndhi/
- to get together travelling expenses
- 1604, Guru Nanak, Ādi Granth ang 595:
- ਖਰਚੁ ਬੰਨੁ ਚੰਗਿਆਈਆ ਮਤੁ ਮਨ ਜਾਣਹਿ ਕਲੁ ॥
- kharacu bannu caṅgiāīā matu mana jāṇahi kalu.
- /kharacu bannhu caṅgiāīā matu mana jāṇahi kalu./
- 1972 translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
- Gather up merits for your travelling expenses,
and do not think of tomorrow in your mind.
- Gather up merits for your travelling expenses,
- ਖਰਚੁ ਬੰਨੁ ਚੰਗਿਆਈਆ ਮਤੁ ਮਨ ਜਾਣਹਿ ਕਲੁ ॥
Descendants
- Punjabi:
- Gurmukhi script: ਖਰਚ (kharac)
- Shahmukhi script: خَرچ (xarc)
Further reading
- Christopher Shackle (2011) “ਖਰਚੁ”, in A Gurū Nānak Glossary, 2nd edition, New Delhi: Heritage Publishers, →ISBN, page 90.
- “ਖਰਚੁ”, in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Dictionary, SriGranth.org, 2024
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