ਖਜੂਰ

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit खज्जूर m (khajjūra), खज्जूरी f (khajjūrī), from Sanskrit खर्जूर m (kharjūra), खर्जूरी f (kharjūrī). Cognate with Gujarati ખજૂર (khajūr), Hindustani کَھجُور‎ / खजूर (khajūr), Marathi खजूर (khajūr), Bengali খেজুর (khejur), Assamese খেজুৰ (khezur).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kʰə.d͡ʒuː.ɾᵊ/
  • Rhymes: -uːɾ
  • Hyphenation: ਖ‧ਜੂਰ

Noun

ਖਜੂਰ • (khajūr) f (Shahmukhi spelling کَھجُور‎)

  1. date (fruit and tree)

Declension
Declension of ਖਜੂਰ
dir. sg. ਖਜੂਰ (khajūr)
dir. pl. ਖਜੂਰਾਂ (khajūrā̃)
singular plural
direct ਖਜੂਰ (khajūr) ਖਜੂਰਾਂ (khajūrā̃)
oblique ਖਜੂਰ (khajūr) ਖਜੂਰਾਂ (khajūrā̃)
vocative ਖਜੂਰੇ (khajūre) ਖਜੂਰੋ (khajūro)
ablative ਖਜੂਰੋਂ (khajūrõ) —
locative ਖਜੂਰੇ (khajūre) ਖਜੂਰੀਂ (khajūrī̃)
instrumental ਖਜੂਰੇ (khajūre) ਖਜੂਰੀਂ (khajūrī̃)

Further reading
  • Singh, Bhai Maya (1895), “ਖਜੂਰ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons, page 578.
  • “ਖਜੂਰ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2023
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “kharjūˊra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 29
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