ਖੱਚਰ

Punjabi

Alternative forms

• ਖ਼ੱਚਰ (xaccar)

Etymology

From Early Prakrit *khaccara-, borrowed from Proto-Iranian *xara-tara- (“mule”), from *xárah (“horse”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kʰáras (“donkey”). Compare Sanskrit खर (khára, “donkey”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /kʰət.t͡ʃəɾᵊ/

Noun

ਖੱਚਰ • (khaccar) f (masculine ਖਚਰਾ, Shahmukhi spelling خَچَّر)

1. mule

Declension

Declension of ਖੱਚਰ
dir. sg.	ਖੱਚਰ (khaccar)
dir. pl.	ਖੱਚਰਾਂ (khaccarā̃)
	singular	plural
direct	ਖੱਚਰ (khaccar)	ਖੱਚਰਾਂ (khaccarā̃)
oblique	ਖੱਚਰ (khaccar)	ਖੱਚਰਾਂ (khaccarā̃)
vocative	ਖੱਚਰੇ (khaccare)	ਖੱਚਰੋ (khaccaro)
ablative	ਖੱਚਰੋਂ (khaccarõ)	—
locative	ਖੱਚਰੇ (khaccare)	ਖੱਚਰੀਂ (khaccarī̃)
instrumental	ਖੱਚਰੇ (khaccare)	ਖੱਚਰੀਂ (khaccarī̃)

Derived terms

• ਖੱਚਰਪੁਣਾ m (khaccarpuṇā, “cleverness”)

References

• “ਖੱਚਰ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਖੱਚਰ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.