وچارہ

Punjabi

Alternative forms

• وِچارا (vicārā)
• بِچارا (bicārā)

Etymology

Corrupted from Classical Persian بی‌چَارَه (bē-čāra). By surface analysis, بے (be, “without”) +‎ چارَہ (cārah, “forage”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /ʋɪ.t͡ʃäː.ɾä/, [ʋe.t͡ʃäː.ɾä]

Adjective

وِچارَہ • (vicārah) (comparative ਵਿਚਾਰਾ)

1. poor; helpless; unfortunate

Declension

Declension of وچارہ
	masculine			feminine
	singular	plural		singular	plural
direct	وِچارا (vicārā)	وِچارے (vicāre)		وِچاری (vicārī)	وِچارِیاں (vicāriyāṉ)
oblique	وِچارے (vicāre)	وِچاریاں (vicāreyāṉ)		وِچاری (vicārī)	وِچارِیاں (vicāriyāṉ)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “وِچارہ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਵਿਚਾਰਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024