چکڑ

Kalami

Etymology

Etymology tree

Sanskrit चिक्क (cikka)der.

Pashto [Term?]bor.

Kalami چکڑ

Borrowed from Pashto [Term?], from Sanskrit चिक्क (cikka).

Pronunciation

• Tone class: H
• IPA^(key): /t͡ɕə́káɽ/

Noun

چکڑ (čäkaṛ) m

1. mud

References

• Baart, Joan L. G. (1997), “čäkaṛ”, in The sounds and tones of Kalam Kohistani: with wordlist and texts (Studies in Languages of Northern Pakistan; 1)‎^[1], National Institute of Pakistan Studies, Quaid-i-Azam University; Summer Institute of Linguistics, page 83

Old Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit चिक्क (cikka).

Noun

چِکّڑ (cikkaṛ) (Gurmukhi ਚਿੱਕੜ)

1. mud

References

• “چکڑ”, in Kalam Baba Farid, Bait (or page) 4, 12th Century.

Pahari-Potwari

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit [Term?].

Pronunciation

• (phr) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɪkː.əɽə̆/

Noun

چِکَّڑ (cikkaṛ)

1. mud

Declension

Declension of چکڑ

	singular	plural
direct	چِکَّڑ (cikkaṛ)	چِکَّڑ (cikkaṛ)
oblique	چِکَّڑَے (cikkaṛai)	چِکَّڑاں (cikkaṛāṉ)
vocative	چِکَّڑا (cikkaṛā)	چِکَّڑو (cikkaṛo)
ablative	چِکَّڑُوں (cikkaṛūṉ)	-
locative	چِکَّڑے (cikkaṛe)	چِکَّڑِیں (cikkaṛīṉ)
instrumental	چِکَّڑے (cikkaṛe)	چِکَّڑِیں (cikkaṛīṉ)

Punjabi

Etymology

First attested as Old Punjabi چِکّڑ (cikkaṛ), itself inherited from Sanskrit चिक्क (cikka). Compare Hindustani چِیکَٹ (cīkaṭ) / चीकट (cīkaṭ), Sindhi چِڪَڙُ (cikaṛu) / चिकड़ु, Gujarati ચીક (cīk), Marathi चीक (cīk).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɪkː.əɽə̆/

Noun

چِکَّڑ • (cikkaṛ) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਚਿੱਕੜ)

1. mud, dirt
2. mire
3. sludge, slime

Declension

Declension of چکڑ

	singular	plural
direct	چِکَّڑ (cikkaṛ)	چِکَّڑ (cikkaṛ)
oblique	چِکَّڑ (cikkaṛ)	چِکَّڑاں (cikkaṛāṉ)
vocative	چِکَّڑا (cikkaṛā)	چِکَّڑو (cikkaṛo)
ablative	چِکَّڑوں (cikkaṛoṉ)	—
locative	چِکَّڑے (cikkaṛe)	چِکَّڑِیں (cikkaṛīṉ)
instrumental	چِکَّڑوں (cikkaṛoṉ)	–

References

• “چکڑ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026
• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “چِکّڑ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “cikka²”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press