ਅੱਖ

Inherited from Prakrit अक्खि (akkhi), from Sanskrit अक्षि (akṣi), Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hákši, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ókʷs (“eye”). Cognate with Hindi आँख (ā̃kh).

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /ə.kːʰə̆/

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ਅੱਖ • (akkh) f (Shahmukhi spelling اَکّھ)

1. (anatomy) the eye
2. sight, vision

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ákṣi”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 3