ਖਜੂਰ

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit खज्जूर m (khajjūra), खज्जूरी f (khajjūrī), from Sanskrit खर्जूर m (kharjūra), खर्जूरी f (kharjūrī). Cognate with Gujarati ખજૂર (khajūr), Hindustani کَھجُور (khajūr) / खजूर (khajūr), Marathi खजूर (khajūr), Bengali খেজুর (khejur), Assamese খেজুৰ (khezur).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /kʰə.d͡ʒuː.ɾᵊ/
• (Western Punjab, dialectal) IPA^(key): /xə.d͡ʒuː.ɾᵊ/
• Rhymes: -uːɾ
• Hyphenation: ਖ‧ਜੂਰ

Noun

ਖਜੂਰ • (khajūr) f (Shahmukhi spelling کَھجُور)

1. date (fruit and tree)

Declension

Declension of ਖਜੂਰ
dir. sg.	ਖਜੂਰ (khajūr)
dir. pl.	ਖਜੂਰਾਂ (khajūrā̃)
	singular	plural
direct	ਖਜੂਰ (khajūr)	ਖਜੂਰਾਂ (khajūrā̃)
oblique	ਖਜੂਰ (khajūr)	ਖਜੂਰਾਂ (khajūrā̃)
vocative	ਖਜੂਰੇ (khajūre)	ਖਜੂਰੋ (khajūro)
ablative	ਖਜੂਰੋਂ (khajūrõ)	—
locative	ਖਜੂਰੇ (khajūre)	ਖਜੂਰੀਂ (khajūrī̃)
instrumental	ਖਜੂਰੇ (khajūre)	ਖਜੂਰੀਂ (khajūrī̃)

Synonyms

• (fruit): ਖੁਰਮਾ (khurmā)

Further reading

• Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਖਜੂਰ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons, page 578.
• “ਖਜੂਰ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kharjūˊra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 29