Punjabi edit

Etymology edit

Related to کِھلار (khilār), inherited from Sanskrit खिल्ल् (khill, be open, expand).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

کِھلارا (khilārā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਖਿਲਾਰਾ)

  1. scattered; dispersed

Noun edit

کِھلارا (khilārām (Gurmukhi spelling ਖਿਲਾਰਾ)

  1. mess, clutter
    Synonym: تْرَکّ (trakk)
  2. business
  3. matter, issue

Declension edit

Declension of کھلارا
dir. sg. کِھلارا (khilārā)
dir. pl. کِھلارے (khilāre)
singular plural
direct کِھلارا (khilārā) کِھلارے (khilāre)
oblique کِھلارے (khilāre) کِھلاریاں (khilāreyāṉ)
vocative کِھلاریا (khilāreyā) کِھلاریو (khilāreyo)
ablative کِھلاریوں (khilāreyoṉ)
locative کِھلارے (khilāre)
instrumental کِھلارے (khilāre)

Further reading edit

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “کھِلارا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • کھِلارا”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “khiḍ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 205