جھٹکا
Punjabi
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀛𑀝𑁆𑀝𑁆 (jhaṭṭ) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓𑁆𑀓𑁆- (-kk-).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: càṭkā IPA(key): /t͡ʃə˨ʈ.käː/, [t͡ʃɐ˥˩ʈᵊ.käː]
- Rhymes: -äː
Noun
جَھٹْکا • (jhaṭkā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਝਟਕਾ)
- shock, jerk, sudden stroke, jolt, shake (often violent and unexpected)
- (figuratively) trauma, shock
- (by extension) an incident, accident, calamity
- (Sikhism) jhatka
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | جَھٹْکا (jhaṭkā) | جَھٹْکے (jhaṭke) |
| oblique | جَھٹْکے (jhaṭke) | جَھٹْکیْاں (jhaṭkiyāṉ) |
| vocative | جَھٹْکیْا (jhaṭkiyā) | جَھٹْکیو (jhaṭkeyo) |
| ablative | جَھٹْکیوں (jhaṭkeyoṉ) | جَھٹْکیْاں (jhaṭkiyāṉ) |
| locative | – | جَھٹْکِیں (jhaṭkīṉ) |
| instrumental | جَھٹْکے (jhaṭke) | – |
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “جھٹکا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- “ਝਟਕਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “jhaṭ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 293