اوکھا

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited 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. distressed

Declension

Declension of اوکھا
	masculine			feminine
	singular	plural		singular	plural
direct	اَوکھا (aukhā)	اَوکھے (aukhe)		اَوکھی (aukhī)	اَوکھیاں (aukhīyāṉ)
oblique	اَوکھے (aukhe)	اَوکھیْاں (aukhiyāṉ)		اَوکھی (aukhī)	اَوکھیاں (aukhīyāṉ)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “اَوکھا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਔਖਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “apakṣá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 19