پنچھی
Punjabi
Etymology
Inherited from Paisaci Prakrit [Term?] (compare Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀧𑀁𑀔𑀺 (paṃkhi), 𑀧𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀺 (pakkhi)), from Sanskrit पक्षिन् (pakṣín, literally “winged”).
Noun
پنچھی • (pañchī) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਪੰਛੀ)
- bird
- Synonym: پرندہ (parindā)
Urdu
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit पक्षिन् (pakṣín, “bird”, literally “winged”). First attested as Old Hindi पंषी (pãṣī). Doublet of پَکْشِی (pakśī).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /pən.t͡ʃʰiː/
- Hyphenation: پَنْ‧چِھی
Noun
پَنْچِھی • (panchī) m (Hindi spelling पंछी)
- bird
- Synonym: چِڑِیَا (ciṛiyā)
Further reading
- S. W. Fallon (1879), “پنچهي”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 369
- “پنچھی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- Platts, John T. (1884), “پنچهی”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 272
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “پنچهی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 162
- “پنچھی”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
- John Shakespear (1834), “پنچهي”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, OCLC 875051092, page 428