اکھ

Punjabi

Picture dictionary

اکھ

کھوپڑی

بھیجا

اکّھ

بُلھ

نکّ

مونہہ

ٹھوڑی

جباڑا

پٹپڑی

کنّ

گاٹا

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Alternative forms

• اَکّھی (akkhī) (poetic)

Etymology

Inherited from Paisaci Prakrit 𑀅𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀺 (akkhi) from Sanskrit अक्षि (ákṣi). Cognate with Urdu آن٘کھ (ā̃kh) / Hindi आँख (ā̃kh).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /ək.kʰ/, [ɐkˑʰə̆]

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Noun

اَکّھ • (akkh) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਅੱਖ)

1. (anatomy) the eye
2. glance
3. sight, vision

Declension

Declension of اکھ
dir. sg.	اَکّھ (akkh)
dir. pl.	اَکّھاں (akkhāṉ)
	singular	plural
direct	اَکّھ (akkh)	اَکّھاں (akkhāṉ)
oblique	اَکّھ (akkh)	اَکّھاں (akkhāṉ)
vocative	اَکّھے (akkhe)	اَکّھو (akkho)
ablative	اَکّھوں (akkhoṉ)	اَکّھاں (akkhāṉ)
locative	اَکّھے (akkhe)	اَکّھِیں (akkhīṉ)
instrumental	اَکّھِیں (akkhīṉ)	اَکّھے (akkhe)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “اکھ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “اکھ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
• “ਅੱਖ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ákṣi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press