ککر

See also: ککڑ and کُکر

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit कर्कर (karkara). Cognate with Gujarati કક્રું (kakrũ) / Odia କାକର (kākara).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /kək.kəɾᵊ/

Noun

کَکَّر • (kakkar) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਕੱਕਰ)

1. frost
2. (figuratively) the cold

   Synonyms: ٹَھنْڈ (ṭhanḍ), سِیت (sīt), سیْال (siyāl)

Declension

Declension of ککر
dir. sg.	کَکَّر (kakkar)
dir. pl.	کَکَّر (kakkar)
	singular	plural
direct	کَکَّر (kakkar)	کَکَّر (kakkar)
oblique	کَکَّر (kakkar)	کَکَّراں (kakkarāṉ)
vocative	کَکَّرا (kakkarā)	کَکَّرو (kakkaro)
ablative	کَکَّروں (kakkaroṉ)	کَکَّراں (kakkarāṉ)
locative	کَکَّرے (kakkare)	کَکَّرِیں (kakkarīṉ)
instrumental	کَکَّروں (kakkaroṉ)	–

Further reading

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

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from English cooker.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /kʊ.kəɾ/
• Rhymes: -əɾ
• Hyphenation: کُ‧کَر

Noun

کُکَر • (kukar) m (Hindi spelling कुकर)

1. (cooking) pressure cooker

Further reading

• “ککر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “ککر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.