چھڈنا

Inherited from Paisaci Prakrit [Term?] (compare Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀙𑀟𑁆𑀟𑀤𑀺 (chaḍḍadi)), from Sanskrit छर्दति (chardati).

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃʰəɖ(ː)ə̆.ɳäː/

چھَڈّݨا • (chaḍḍṇā) (transitive, Gurmukhi spelling ਛੱਡਣਾ)

1. to let go

   ‏میرے دوپٹّے نُوں چَھڈّ!‎‎ ― mere dopṭṭe nūṉ chaḍḍ! ― Let go off my scarf!

2. to leave, quit

   ‏کَمّ نُوں چَھڈّݨا‎‎ ― kamm nūṉ chaḍḍṇā ― to quit (your) job

3. to give up, leave

   ‏آپݨے آل اَوْلاد نُوں کَدی نا چَھڈِّیں‎‎ ― āpṇe āl aulād nūṉ kadī nā chaḍḍīṉ ― Don't ever give up your kids

4. to release, free
5. to drop off

   ‏مَینُوں تھاݨے تے زَرا چَھڈّ دے‎ ― mainūṉ thāṇe te zarā chaḍḍ de ― Can you drop me off at the police station?

6. to discharge, explode (fireworks etc.)

• “چھڈّنا‎”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2023
• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “چھڈ‎”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz