چپیڑ

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit चपेट (*cappēṭa-), borrowed from Dravidian.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃə.peːɽə̆/
• Rhymes: -eːɽ

Noun

چَپیْڑ • (capeṛ) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਚਪੇੜ)

1. slap, smack

   Synonyms: چَنْڈ (canḍ), چاٹ (cāṭ)

2. (figurative) insult

Declension

Declension of چپیڑ
dir. sg.	چَپیْڑ (capeṛ)
dir. pl.	چَپیْڑاں (capeṛāṉ)
	singular	plural
direct	چَپیْڑ (capeṛ)	چَپیْڑاں (capeṛāṉ)
oblique	چَپیْڑ (capeṛ)	چَپیْڑاں (capeṛāṉ)
vocative	چَپیْڑے (capeṛe)	چَپیْڑو (capeṛo)
ablative	چَپیْڑوں (capeṛoṉ)	چَپیْڑاں (capeṛāṉ)
locative	چَپیْڑی (capeṛī)	چَپیْڑِیں (capeṛīṉ)
instrumental	چَپیْڑِیں (capeṛīṉ)	چَپیْڑے (capeṛe)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “چپیڑ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “چپیڑ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “capēṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 253