کھیڈ

Punjabi

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /kʰeː.ɖᵊ/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit *खेड् (*khēḍ).

Noun

کھیڈ • (kheḍ) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਖੇਡ)

1. a game.
2. a sport.
3. play, drama
4. (figuratively) an easy task; piece of cake

Declension

Declension of کھیڈ
dir. sg.	کھیڈ (kheḍ)
dir. pl.	کھیڈاں (kheḍāṉ)
	singular	plural
direct	کھیڈ (kheḍ)	کھیڈاں (kheḍāṉ)
oblique	کھیڈ (kheḍ)	کھیڈاں (kheḍāṉ)
vocative	کھیڈے (kheḍe)	کھیڈو (kheḍo)
ablative	کھیڈوں (kheḍoṉ)	کھیڈاں (kheḍāṉ)
locative	کھیڈی (kheḍī)	کھیڈِیں (kheḍīṉ)
instrumental	کھیڈِیں (kheḍīṉ)	کھیڈے (kheḍe)

Etymology 2

Inflection of کھیڈݨا (kheḍṇā, “to play”).

Verb

کھیڈ • (kheḍ) (Gurmukhi spelling ਖੇਡ)

1. inflection of کھیڈݨا (kheḍṇā, “to play”):
   1. stem
   2. second-person singular informal present imperative

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “کھیڈ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਖੇਡ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “khēḍ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 208