ਖੱਚਰ

Punjabi

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”).

Noun

ਖੱਚਰ • (khaccar) m (Shahmukhi spelling کھچر‎)

  1. mule

Declension
Declension of ਖੱਚਰ
dir. sg. ਖੱਚਰ (khaccar)
dir. pl. ਖੱਚਰ (khaccar)
singular plural
direct ਖੱਚਰ (khaccar) ਖੱਚਰ (khaccar)
oblique ਖੱਚਰ (khaccar) ਖੱਚਰਾਂ (khaccarā̃)
vocative ਖੱਚਰਾ (khaccarā) 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, 2023
  • Singh, Bhai Maya (1895), “ਖੱਚਰ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.
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