ਦੋਖ

Punjabi

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit दोष (doṣa). Doublet of ਦੋਹ (doh), an inherited form, and ਦੋਸ਼ (doś), a learned borrowing,

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [d̪oːkʰə̆]

Noun

ਦੋਖ • (dokhm (Shahmukhi spelling دوکھ)

  1. fault, blame, vice, sin, injury, blemish, defect

Declension

Declension of ਦੋਖ
singular plural
direct ਦੋਖ (dokh) ਦੋਖ (dokh)
oblique ਦੋਖ (dokh) ਦੋਖਾਂ (dokhā̃)
vocative ਦੋਖਾ (dokhā) ਦੋਖੋ (dokho)
ablative ਦੋਖੋਂ (dokhõ)
locative ਦੋਖੇ (dokhe) ਦੋਖੀਂ (dokhī̃)
instrumental ਦੋਖੇ (dokhe) ਦੋਖੀਂ (dokhī̃)

References

  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “dōṣa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 376
  • Singh, Bhai Maya (1895), “ਦੋਖ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.