ਖੰਭ
Punjabi
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit *स्कम्भ (*skambha). Cognate with Gujarati ખભો (khabho) and Sindhi کُنڀُ (khunbhu).
Noun
ਖੰਭ • (khambh) m (Shahmukhi spelling کھنبھ)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | ਖੰਭ (khambh) | ਖੰਭ (khambh) |
| oblique | ਖੰਭ (khambh) | ਖੰਭਾਂ (khambhā̃) |
| vocative | ਖੰਭਾ (khambhā) | ਖੰਭੋ (khambho) |
| ablative | ਖੰਭੋਂ (khambhõ) | — |
| locative | ਖੰਭੇ (khambhe) | ਖੰਭੀਂ (khambhī̃) |
| instrumental | ਖੰਭੇ (khambhe) | ਖੰਭੀਂ (khambhī̃) |
References
- “ਖੰਭ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
- Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਖੰਭ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons, page 581.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*skambha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 786