کھیڈ

Punjabi

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /kʰeː.ɖᵊ/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit *खेड् (*khēḍ).

Noun

کھیڈ • (kheḍ) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਖੇਡ)

1. a game.
2. a sport.
3. play, drama
4. (figuratively) an easy task; piece of cake

Declension

Declension of کھیڈ

	singular	plural
direct	کھیڈ (kheḍ)	کھیڈاں (kheḍāṉ)
oblique	کھیڈ (kheḍ)	کھیڈاں (kheḍāṉ)
vocative	کھیڈے (kheḍe)	کھیڈو (kheḍo)
ablative	کھیڈوں (kheḍoṉ)	—
locative	کھیڈی (kheḍī)	کھیڈِیں (kheḍīṉ)
instrumental	کھیڈے (kheḍe)	کھیڈِیں (kheḍīṉ)

Etymology 2

Inflection of کھیڈݨا (kheḍṇā, “to play”).

Verb

کھیڈ • (kheḍ) (Gurmukhi spelling ਖੇਡ)

1. inflection of کھیڈݨا (kheḍṇā, “to play”):
   1. stem
   2. second-person singular informal present imperative

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “کھیڈ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]
• “ਖੇਡ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “khēḍ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 208