اوکھا

Pahari-Potwari

Adjective

اوکھا (aukhā)

1. difficult

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit *𑀅𑀯𑀓𑁆𑀔 (*avakkha) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit अपक्ष (apakṣa).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /ɔː.kʰäː/, [ɔːk̚.kʰäː]
• Rhymes: -äː
• Hyphenation: اَو‧کھا

Adjective

اَوکھا • (aukhā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਔਖਾ)

1. difficult, arduous (as opposed to easy)

   Antonym: سَوکھا (saukhā)

2. complex
3. distressed

Declension

Declension of اوکھا

	masculine			feminine
	singular	plural		singular	plural
direct	اَوکھا (aukhā)	اَوکھے (aukhe)		اَوکھی (aukhī)	اَوکھِیاں (aukhiyāṉ)
oblique	اَوکھے (aukhe)	اَوکھیاں (aukheyāṉ)		اَوکھی (aukhī)	اَوکھِیاں (aukhiyāṉ)

Noun

اَوکھا • (aukhā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਔਖਾ)

1. a difficulty

Declension

Declension of اوکھا

	singular	plural
direct	اَوکھا	اَوکھے
oblique	اَوکھے	اَوکھیْاں
vocative	اَوکھیْا	اَوکھیو
ablative	اَوکھیوں	اَوکھیْاں
locative	–	اَوکھِیں
instrumental	اَوکھے	–

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “اَوکھا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “اوکھا”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
• “ਔਖਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “apakṣá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 19