Punjabi

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Sanskrit *खेड् (*khēḍ).

Noun

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کھیڈ (kheḍf (Gurmukhi spelling ਖੇਡ)

  1. a game.
  2. a sport.
  3. play, drama
  4. (figuratively) an easy task; piece of cake
Declension
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Declension of کھیڈ
dir. sg. کھیڈ (kheḍ)
dir. pl. کھیڈاں (kheḍāṉ)
singular plural
direct کھیڈ (kheḍ) کھیڈاں (kheḍāṉ)
oblique کھیڈ (kheḍ) کھیڈاں (kheḍāṉ)
vocative کھیڈے (kheḍe) کھیڈو (kheḍo)
ablative کھیڈوں (kheḍoṉ)
locative کھیڈے (kheḍe) کھیڈِیں (kheḍīṉ)
instrumental کھیڈے (kheḍe) کھیڈِیں (kheḍīṉ)

Etymology 2

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Inflection of کھیڈݨا (kheḍṇā, to play).

Verb

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کھیڈ (kheḍ) (Gurmukhi spelling ਖੇਡ)

  1. inflection of کھیڈݨا (kheḍṇā, to play):
    1. stem
    2. second-person singular informal present imperative

Further reading

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  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “کھیڈ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • ਖੇਡ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “khēḍ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 208