وکھت

Punjabi

Etymology

A corruption of Classical Persian وقت (waqt), itself borrowed from Arabic وَقْت (waqt). Doublet of وَقَت (vaqat, “time”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi, Eastern Punjab) IPA^(key): /ʋə.kʰət̪ə̆/
• (Pakistan) IPA^(key): /ʋə.xə˦t̪ə̆/

Noun

وَکَھت • (vakhat) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਵਖਤ)

1. (colloquial) trouble, inconvenience, bother

   Synonyms: بَھسُوڑی (bhasūṛī), رَپَّھڑ (rappahṛ)

Declension

Declension of وکھت
dir. sg.	وَکَھت (vakhat)
dir. pl.	وَکَھت (vakhat)
	singular	plural
direct	وَکَھت (vakhat)	وَکَھت (vakhat)
oblique	وَکَھت (vakhat)	وَکَھتاں (vakhatāṉ)
vocative	وَکَھتا (vakhatā)	وَکَھتو (vakhato)
ablative	وَکَھتوں (vakhatoṉ)	—
locative	وَکَھتے (vakhate)	وَکَھتِیں (vakhatīṉ)
instrumental	وَکَھتے (vakhate)	وَکَھتِیں (vakhatīṉ)

Related terms

• وَکَھت پاݨا (vakhat pāṇā, “to cause inconvenience, bother”)

References

• “وَکھت”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “وکھت”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz