ਚਾਹੀਦਾ

From ਚਾਹਣਾ (cāhṇā, “to want”), ਚਾਹੁਣਾ (cāhuṇā, “to want”). Both a passive participle (in eastern Punjabi dialects) and an imperfective participle (in western Punjabi dialects) of ਚਾਹੁੰਦਾ (cāhundā, “[he] wants”). The passive participle in western Punjabi dialects is usually nasalized as ਚਾਹੀਂਦਾ (cāhīndā). Cognate to Hindi चाहिए (cāhie).

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): [t͡ʃäːj˥.d̪äː(˧)]
  • (rare, archaic) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃäː.ɦiː.d̪äː/

ਚਾਹੀਦਾ • (cāhīdā) (Shahmukhi spelling چاہیدا)

1. imperfective singular masculine of ਚਾਹੁਣਾ (cāhuṇā)
2. (+ dative subject) need, want, should, ought to (lit. is wanted)

   ਬੰਦੇ ਨੂੰ ਪਾਣੀ ਚਾਹੀਦਾ ਸੀ।

   bande nū̃ pāṇī cāhīdā sī.

   The man needed water.

   (literally, “To the man water was wanted.”)

   (ਤੁਹਾਨੂੰ) ਉੱਥੇ ਜਾਣਾ ਚਾਹੀਦਾ (ਹੈ)।

   (tuhānū̃) utthe jāṇā cāhīdā (hai).

   You should go there.

   (literally, “(To you) to go there is wanted.”)