چپیڑ

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit चपेट (*cappēṭa-), borrowed from Dravidian.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃə.peːɽə̆/
• Rhymes: -eːɽ

Noun

چَپیْڑ • (capeṛ) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਚਪੇੜ)

1. slap, smack

   Synonyms: چَنْڈ (canḍ), چاٹ (cāṭ)

2. (figurative) insult

Declension

Declension of چپیڑ

	singular	plural
direct	چَپیْڑ (capeṛ)	چَپیْڑاں (capeṛāṉ)
oblique	چَپیْڑ (capeṛ)	چَپیْڑاں (capeṛāṉ)
vocative	چَپیْڑے (capeṛe)	چَپیْڑو (capeṛo)
ablative	چَپیْڑوں (capeṛoṉ)	—
locative	چَپیْڑی (capeṛī)	چَپیْڑِیں (capeṛīṉ)
instrumental	چَپیْڑے (capeṛe)	چَپیْڑِیں (capeṛīṉ)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “چپیڑ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]
• “چپیڑ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “capēṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 253