اکھ

Punjabi

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اکھ

کھوپڑی

بھیجا

اکّھ

بُلھ

نکّ

مونہہ

ٹھوڑی

جباڑا

پٹپڑی

کنّ

گاٹا

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Alternative forms

• اَکّھی (akkhī) (poetic)

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *h₃ekʷ-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ókʷs

Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hákši

Sanskrit अक्षि (akṣi)

Paisaci Prakrit 𑀅𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀺 (akkhi)

Punjabi اَکّھ (akkh)

Inherited from Paisaci Prakrit 𑀅𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀺 (akkhi) from Sanskrit अक्षि (ákṣi).

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	اَکّھی (akkhī)	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