پنچھی

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Paisaci Prakrit [Term?] (compare Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀧𑀁𑀔𑀺 (paṃkhi), 𑀧𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀺 (pakkhi)), from Sanskrit पक्षिन् (pakṣín, literally “winged”).

Noun

پنچھی • (pañchī) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਪੰਛੀ)

1. bird

   Synonym: پرندہ (parindā)

Urdu

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit पक्षिन् (pakṣín, “bird”, literally “winged”). First attested as Old Hindi पंषी (pãṣī). Doublet of پَکْشِی (pakśī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /pən.t͡ʃʰiː/
• Hyphenation: پَنْ‧چِھی

Noun

پَنْچِھی • (panchī) m (Hindi spelling पंछी)

1. bird

   Synonym: چِڑِیَا (ciṛiyā)

Further reading

• S. W. Fallon (1879) “پنچهي”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 369
• “پنچھی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “پنچهی”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 272
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “پنچهی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 162
• “پنچھی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• John Shakespear (1834) “پنچهي”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3^rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC, page 428