ਖਿੱਦੂ

Punjabi

Alternative forms

• ਖਿੱਦੋ (khiddo)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit क्ष्वेलति (kṣvelati) contaminated by कन्दुक (kanduka). Cognate with Sindhi کينو (kheno).

Noun

ਖਿੱਦੂ • (khiddū) m

1. ball (especially one made of tightly packed rags or yarn)

Further reading

• “ਖਿੱਦੂ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਖਿੱਦੂ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “gēnduka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 228