بھلک

Punjabi

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /pə˨.lək/, [pə˨ɭ.kᵊ]

Noun

بَھلْک or بَھࣇْک • (bhalk or bhaḷk) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਭਲਕ or ਭਲ਼ਕ)

1. future
   • 1992, Qaisar Iqbal, راتاں ہوئیاں وڈیاں [The Nights grew longer], Lahore, →OCLC, page 81:

     اپݨی بھلک دے نال نال اپݨی زبان دی بھلک لئی

     apṇī bhalk de nāl nāl apṇī zabān dī bhalk la'ī

     For his future as well as the future of his language

2. the coming tomorrow; morrow; lendemain

Declension

Declension of بھلک
dir. sg.	بَھلْک (bhalk)
dir. pl.	بَھلْکاں (bhalkāṉ)
	singular	plural
direct	بَھلْک (bhalk)	بَھلْکاں (bhalkāṉ)
oblique	بَھلْک (bhalk)	بَھلْکاں (bhalkāṉ)
vocative	بَھلْکے (bhalke)	بَھلْکو (bhalko)
ablative	بَھلْکوں (bhalkoṉ)	بَھلْکاں (bhalkāṉ)
locative	بَھلْکی (bhalkī)	بَھلْکِیں (bhalkīṉ)
instrumental	بَھلْکِیں (bhalkīṉ)	بَھلْکے (bhalke)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “بھلک”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “بھلک”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
• “ਭਲਕ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024