پکھا

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit पक्ष (pakṣá). Cognate with Urdu پنکھا (paṅkhā) / Hindi पंखा (paṅkhā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /pəkːʰäː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː

Noun

پَکّھا • (pakkhā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਪੱਖਾ)

1. fan, electric fan
2. propeller (of a ship or aircraft)

Declension

Declension of پکھا
dir. sg.	پَکّھا (pakkhā)
dir. pl.	پَکّھے (pakkhe)
	singular	plural
direct	پَکّھا (pakkhā)	پَکّھے (pakkhe)
oblique	پَکّھے (pakkhe)	پَکّھیاں (pakkheyāṉ)
vocative	پَکّھیا (pakkheyā)	پَکّھیو (pakkheyo)
ablative	پَکّھیوں (pakkheyoṉ)	—
locative	پَکّھے (pakkhe)	—
instrumental	پَکّھے (pakkhe)	—

References

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “پکھّا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਪੱਖਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024

Saraiki

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀧𑀓𑁆𑀔 (pakkha), from Sanskrit पक्ष (pakṣa, “wing”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pakšás (“side, flank”), from Proto-Indo-European *peg- (“side, flank”).

Cognate with Bengali পাখা (pakha), Gujarati પંખો (paṅkho), Hindustani پنکھا / पंखा (paṅkhā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəkːʰaː/

Noun

پَکّھا (pakkhā) m (Devanagari पक्खा)

1. fan

References

• “پکھا”, in Dictionary of the Jatki Or Western Panjábi Language, United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis, 2019 (originally published in 1900), →ISBN, page 65