پیدل

Punjabi

Etymology

Likely from Sanskrit पादान्तर (pādāntara). Compare Hindustani پَیتْرا (paitrā) / पैतरा (paitrā).

Adjective

پَیدَل • (paidal)

1. on foot, marching

See also

Chess pieces in Punjabi · شَطْرَن٘ج دے مُہرے (śat̤raṉj de muhre) (layout · text)
راجا (rājā) بادْشاہ (bādśāh)	وَزِیر (vazīr) راݨی (rāṇī)	ہاتھی (hāthī) رُخ (rux)	فِیلا (fīlā) فَرْضی (farẓī)	گھوڑا (ghoṛā)	پیادَہ (peyādah)

References

• “پیدل”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “پیدل”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pādāntara”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 455