کھسم

Punjabi

Etymology

Corrupted from Arabic خَصْم (ḵaṣm), likely through Classical Persian خصم (xasm).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

کَھسَم • (khasam) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਖਸਮ)

1. husband

   Synonym: شَوہَر (śauhar)

Declension

Declension of کھسم
dir. sg.	کَھسَم (khasam)
dir. pl.	کَھسَم (khasam)
	singular	plural
direct	کَھسَم (khasam)	کَھسَم (khasam)
oblique	کَھسَم (khasam)	کَھسَماں (khasamāṉ)
vocative	کَھسَما (khasamā)	کَھسَمو (khasamo)
ablative	کَھسَموں (khasamoṉ)	کَھسَماں (khasamāṉ)
locative	کَھسَمے (khasame)	کَھسَمِیں (khasamīṉ)
instrumental	کَھسَموں (khasamoṉ)	–

References

• “خصم”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “کھسَم”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz