Punjabi edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Sanskrit चपेट (*cappēṭa-), borrowed from Dravidian.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

چَپیْڑ (capeṛf (Gurmukhi spelling ਚਪੇੜ)

  1. slap, smack
    Synonyms: چَنْڈ (canḍ), چاٹ (cāṭ)
  2. (figurative) insult

Declension edit

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Declension of چپیڑ
dir. sg. چَپیْڑ (capeṛ)
dir. pl. چَپیْڑاں (capeṛāṉ)
singular plural
direct چَپیْڑ (capeṛ) چَپیْڑاں (capeṛāṉ)
oblique چَپیْڑ (capeṛ) چَپیْڑاں (capeṛāṉ)
vocative چَپیْڑے (capeṛe) چَپیْڑو (capeṛo)
ablative چَپیْڑوں (capeṛoṉ)
locative چَپیْڑے (capeṛe) چَپیْڑِیں (capeṛīṉ)
instrumental چَپیْڑے (capeṛe) چَپیْڑِیں (capeṛīṉ)

Further reading edit

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “چپیڑ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • چپیڑ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “capēṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 253