ਖੰਭ

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit *स्कम्भ (skambha). Cognate with Gujarati ખભો (khabho) and Sindhi کُنڀُ (khunbhu).

Noun

ਖੰਭ • (khambh) m (Shahmukhi spelling کھنبھ)

1. feather, wing, plume

Declension

Declension of ਖੰਭ
dir. sg.	ਖੰਭ (khambh)
dir. pl.	ਖੰਭ (khambh)
	singular	plural
direct	ਖੰਭ (khambh)	ਖੰਭ (khambh)
oblique	ਖੰਭ (khambh)	ਖੰਭਾਂ (khambhā̃)
vocative	ਖੰਭਾ (khambhā)	ਖੰਭੋ (khambho)
ablative	ਖੰਭੋਂ (khambhõ)	—
locative	ਖੰਭੇ (khambhe)	ਖੰਭੀਂ (khambhī̃)
instrumental	ਖੰਭੇ (khambhe)	ਖੰਭੀਂ (khambhī̃)

References

• “ਖੰਭ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਖੰਭ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons, page 581.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*skambha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 786