اوکھا
Pahari-Potwari
Adjective
اوکھا (aukhā)
Punjabi
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit *𑀅𑀯𑀓𑁆𑀔 (*avakkha) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit अपक्ष (apakṣa).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /ɔː.kʰäː/, [ɔːk̚.kʰäː]
- Rhymes: -äː
- Hyphenation: اَو‧کھا
Adjective
اَوکھا • (aukhā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਔਖਾ)
Declension
| 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 • (aukhā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਔਖਾ)
Declension
| 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
- Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “اوکھا”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
- “ਔਖਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “apakṣá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 19