چھڈنا

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Paisaci Prakrit [Term?] (compare Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀙𑀟𑁆𑀟𑀤𑀺 (chaḍḍadi)), from Sanskrit छर्दति (chardati).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃʰəɖ(ː)ə̆.ɳäː/

Verb

چھَڈّݨا • (chaḍḍṇā) (transitive, Gurmukhi spelling ਛੱਡਣਾ)

1. to let go

   میرے دوپٹّے نُوں چَھڈّ! ― mere dopṭṭe nūṉ chaḍḍ! ― Let go off my scarf!

2. to leave, quit

   کَمّ نُوں چَھڈّݨا ― kamm nūṉ chaḍḍṇā ― to quit (your) job

3. to give up, leave

   آپݨے آل اَوْلاد نُوں کَدی نا چَھڈِّیں ― āpṇe āl aulād nūṉ kadī nā chaḍḍiīṉ ― Don't ever give up your kids

4. to release, free
5. to drop off

   مَینُوں تھاݨے تے زَرا چَھڈّ دے ― mainūṉ thāṇe te zarā chaḍḍ de ― Can you drop me off at the police station?

6. to discharge, explode (fireworks etc.)
7. (slang) to bluff; talk shit

Further reading

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