ਖੱਚਰ

Punjabi

Alternative forms
  • ਖ਼ੱਚਰ (xaccar)

Etymology

From Early Prakrit *khaccara-, borrowed from Proto-Iranian *xara-tara- (“mule”), from *xárah (“horse”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kʰáras (“donkey”). Compare Sanskrit खर (khára, “donkey”).

Pronunciation

Noun

ਖੱਚਰ • (khaccar) f (masculine ਖਚਰਾ, Shahmukhi spelling خَچَّر)

  1. mule

Declension
Declension of ਖੱਚਰ
dir. sg. ਖੱਚਰ (khaccar)
dir. pl. ਖੱਚਰਾਂ (khaccarā̃)
singular plural
direct ਖੱਚਰ (khaccar) ਖੱਚਰਾਂ (khaccarā̃)
oblique ਖੱਚਰ (khaccar) ਖੱਚਰਾਂ (khaccarā̃)
vocative ਖੱਚਰੇ (khaccare) ਖੱਚਰੋ (khaccaro)
ablative ਖੱਚਰੋਂ (khaccarõ) —
locative ਖੱਚਰੇ (khaccare) ਖੱਚਰੀਂ (khaccarī̃)
instrumental ਖੱਚਰੇ (khaccare) ਖੱਚਰੀਂ (khaccarī̃)

Derived terms
  • ਖੱਚਰਪੁਣਾ m (khaccarpuṇā, “cleverness”)

References
  • “ਖੱਚਰ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
  • Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਖੱਚਰ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.
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