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

	singular	plural
direct	پَکّھا (pakkhā)	پَکّھے (pakkhe)
oblique	پَکّھے (pakkhe)	پَکّھیاں (pakkheyāṉ)
vocative	پَکّھیا (pakkheyā)	پَکّھیو (pakkheyo)
ablative	پَکّھیوں (pakkheyoṉ)	—
locative	پَکّھے (pakkhe)	پَکّھِیں (pakkhīṉ)
instrumental	پَکّھے (pakkhe)	پَکّھِیں (pakkhīṉ)

References

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “پکھّا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]
• “ਪੱਖਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026

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

Declension

Declension of پکھا
	singular	plural
direct	پکھا (pakkhā)	پکھے (pakkhe)
oblique	پکھے (pakkhe)	پکھیاں (pakkheyā̃)
vocative	پکھا (pakkhā)	پکھیو (pakkheyo)

References

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