سوکھا

Inherited from Sanskrit सुख (sukhá). Doublet of سُکھ (sukh).

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /sɔː.kʰäː/, [sɔːk̚.kʰäː]
• Rhymes: -äː
• Hyphenation: سَو‧کھا

سَوکھا • (saukhā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਸੌਖਾ)

1. easy (as opposed to difficult)

   Antonym: اَوکھا

2. convenient; comfortable
3. well-off, prosperous

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “سوَکھّا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “سوکھا”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
• “ਸੌਖਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sukhá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 776

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀲𑀼𑀓𑁆𑀔 (sukkha) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit शुष्क (śuṣka). Doublet of خُشْک (xuśk).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /suː.kʰɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː
• Hyphenation: سُو‧کھا

سُوکھا • (sūkhā) (Hindi spelling सूखा)

1. dry; dried up
2. sapless, juiceless
3. arid
4. shrivelled; thin

• “سوکھا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “سوکھا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “سوکهنا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “سوکها”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 700
• S. W. Fallon (1879) “سوکها”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 794
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