ਕਚਹਿਰੀ

Punjabi

Alternative forms

• ਕਚਹਰੀ (kacharī)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kʷer-

Sanskrit कृ (kṛ)

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Sanskrit -य (-ya)

Sanskrit कृत्य (kṛtya)

Ashokan Prakrit 𑀓𑀘 (kaca)

Prakrit 𑀓𑀘𑁆𑀘 (kacca)

Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ-der.

Proto-Indo-Iranian *gʰr̥dʰás

Sanskrit गृह (gṛha)

Proto-Middle Indo-Aryan *𑀕𑀭𑁆𑀳 (*garha)

Prakrit 𑀖𑀭 (ghara)

Prakrit *𑀓𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀳𑀭𑀺𑀆 (*kaccahariā)

Punjabi ਕਚਹਿਰੀ

Inherited from Prakrit *𑀓𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀳𑀭𑀺𑀆 (*kaccahariā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kət͡ʃᵊɦɪɾiː], [kət͡ʃɛːɾiː]

Noun

ਕਚਹਿਰੀ • (kachirī) f (Shahmukhi spelling کَچْہِرِی)

1. a court
2. courthouse or office
3. cutchery
4. court of justice
5. tribunal

Declension

Declension of ਕਚਹਿਰੀ

	singular	plural
direct	ਕਚਹਿਰੀ (kachirī)	ਕਚਹਿਰੀਆਂ (kachirīā̃)
oblique	ਕਚਹਿਰੀ (kachirī)	ਕਚਹਿਰੀਆਂ (kachirīā̃)
vocative	ਕਚਹਿਰੀਏ (kachirīē)	ਕਚਹਿਰੀਓ (kachirīo)
ablative	—	—
locative	—	—
instrumental	—	—

References

• Singh, Bhai Maya (1895), “ਕਚਹਿਰੀ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.