کھجل

Punjabi

Etymology

Corrupted from Arabic خَجَّلَ (ḵajjala, “to embarrass, put to shame”), through Classical Persian خجل (xajjal, “ashamed”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /kʰə.d͡ʒː.ələ̆/

Adjective

کَھجَّل • (khajjal) (Gurmukhi spelling ਖੱਜਲ)

1. embarrassed, distressed, degraded (ie. having to put a lot of degrading effort to achieve something)

Related terms

• کَھجَّل خْوار (khajjal xvār)
• کَھجَّل ہوݨا (khajjal hoṇā)

References

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