ککر

See also: ککڑ and کُکر

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit कर्कर (karkara). Cognate with Gujarati કક્રું (kakrũ) / Odia କାକର (kākara).

Pronunciation

(Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /kək.kəɾᵊ/

Noun

کَکَّر • (kakkar) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਕੱਕਰ)

frost
(figuratively) the cold
Synonyms: ٹَھنْڈ (ṭhanḍ), سِیت (sīt), سیْال (siyāl)

Declension

Declension of **ککر**
	singular	plural
direct	کَکَّر (kakkar)	کَکَّر (kakkar)
oblique	کَکَّر (kakkar)	کَکَّراں (kakkarāṉ)
vocative	کَکَّرا (kakkarā)	کَکَّرو (kakkaro)
ablative	کَکَّروں (kakkaroṉ)	کَکَّراں (kakkarāṉ)
locative	کَکَّرے (kakkare)	کَکَّرِیں (kakkarīṉ)
instrumental	کَکَّروں (kakkaroṉ)	–

Further reading

Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “ککّر”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
“ਕੱਕਰ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “karkara”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from English cooker.

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /kʊ.kəɾ/
Rhymes: -əɾ
Hyphenation: کُ‧کَر

Noun

کُکَر • (kukar) m (Hindi spelling कुकर)

(cooking) pressure cooker

Further reading

“ککر”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“ککر”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.