کھلارا
Punjabi
Etymology
Related to کِھلار (khilār), inherited from Sanskrit खिल्ल् (khill, “be open, expand”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /kʰɪ.l̪äː.ɾäː/
- (colloquial) IPA(key): /kʰə.l̪äː.ɾäː/
- Rhymes: -äː
- Hyphenation: کِھ‧لا‧را
Adjective
کِھلارا • (khilārā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਖਿਲਾਰਾ)
Noun
کِھلارا • (khilārā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਖਿਲਾਰਾ)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | کِھلارا (khilārā) | کِھلارے (khilāre) |
| oblique | کِھلارے (khilāre) | کِھلاریاں (khilāreyāṉ) |
| vocative | کِھلاریا (khilāreyā) | کِھلاریو (khilāreyo) |
| ablative | کِھلاریوں (khilāreyoṉ) | — |
| locative | کِھلارے (khilāre) | کِھلارِیں (khilārīṉ) |
| instrumental | کِھلارے (khilāre) | کِھلارِیں (khilārīṉ) |
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “کھِلارا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]
- “کھِلارا”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “khiḍ”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 205