کھجور

کھجور

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit खज्जूर m (khajjūra), खज्जूरी f (khajjūrī), from Sanskrit खर्जूर m (kharjūra), खर्जूरी f (kharjūrī). Cognate with Gujarati ખજૂર (khajūr), Hindustani کَھجُور‎ / खजूर (khajūr), Marathi खजूर (khajūr), Bengali খেজুর (khejur), Assamese খেজুৰ (khezur).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi, India) IPA^(key): /kʰə.d͡ʒuː.ɾə̆/
• (Pakistan, dialectal) IPA^(key): /xə.d͡ʒuː.ɾə̆/
• Rhymes: -uːɾ
• Hyphenation: کَھ‧جُور

Noun

کَھجُور • (khajūr) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਖਜੂਰ)

1. date (fruit and tree); date palm

Declension

Declension of کھجور
dir. sg.	کَھجُور‎ (khajūr)
dir. pl.	کَھجُوراں‎ (khajūrāṉ)
	singular	plural
direct	کَھجُور‎ (khajūr)	کَھجُوراں‎ (khajūrāṉ)
oblique	کَھجُور‎ (khajūr)	کَھجُوراں‎ (khajūrāṉ)
vocative	کَھجُورے‎ (khajūre)	کَھجُورو‎ (khajūro)
ablative	کَھجُوروں‎ (khajūroṉ)	—
locative	کَھجُورے‎ (khajūre)	کَھجُورِیں‎ (khajūrīṉ)
instrumental	کَھجُورے‎ (khajūre)	کَھجُوریں‎ (khajūreṉ)

Further reading

• “کھجور‎”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2023
• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “کھجُور‎”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “kharjūˊra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 201

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Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit खज्जूर (khajjūra), from Sanskrit खर्जूर (kharjūra). Cognate with Gujarati ખજૂર (khajūr), Marathi खजूर (khajūr), Punjabi ਖਜੂਰ / کَھجُور‎ (khajūr), Bengali খেজুর (khejur), Assamese খেজুৰ (khezur).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /kʰə.d͡ʒuːɾ/
• Rhymes: -uːɾ

Noun

کَھجُور • (khajūr) f (Hindi spelling खजूर)

1. date (fruit and free); date palm

   ‏ہر صبح کھجور اور دودھ صحت کے لئے اچھا ہوتا ہے‎

   har subah khajūr aur dūdh sehat ke lie acchā hotā hai

   Dates and milk every morning is good for health

Declension

Declension of کھجور
	singular	plural
direct	کھجور‎ (khajūr)	کھجور‎ (khajūr)
oblique	کھجور‎ (khajūr)	کھجوروں‎ (khajūrō̃)
vocative	کھجور‎ (khajūr)	کھجورو‎ (khajūrō)

Further reading

• “کھجور”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “kharjūˊra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 201