وکھت
Punjabi
Etymology
A corruption of Classical Persian وقت (waqt), itself borrowed from Arabic وَقْت (waqt). Doublet of وَقَت (vaqat, “time”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Punjabi, India) IPA(key): /ʋə.kʰət̪ə̆/
- (Pakistan) IPA(key): /ʋə.xə˦t̪ə̆/
Noun
وَکَھت • (vakhat) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਵਖਤ)
- (colloquial) trouble, inconvenience, bother
Declension
| Declension of وکھت | ||
|---|---|---|
| dir. sg. | وَکَھت (vakhat) | |
| dir. pl. | وَکَھت (vakhat) | |
| singular | plural | |
| direct | وَکَھت (vakhat) | وَکَھت (vakhat) |
| oblique | وَکَھت (vakhat) | وَکَھتاں (vakhatāṉ) |
| vocative | وَکَھتا (vakhatā) | وَکَھتو (vakhato) |
| ablative | وَکَھتوں (vakhatoṉ) | وَکَھتاں (vakhatāṉ) |
| locative | وَکَھتے (vakhate) | وَکَھتِیں (vakhatīṉ) |
| instrumental | وَکَھتے (vakhate) | وَکَھتِیں (vakhatīṉ) |
Related terms
- وَکَھت پاݨا (vakhat pāṇā, “to cause inconvenience, bother”)
References
- “وَکھت”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2022
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2021), “وکھت”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz