کڈھنا

Punjabi

Etymology

Punjabi verb set
کَڈّھݨا (kaḍḍhṇā)
کَڈّھاݨا (kaḍḍhāṇā)
کَڈّھوَاݨا (kaḍḍhoāṇā)

Inherited from Old Punjabi ਕਢਿ (kaḍhi /⁠kaḍḍhi⁠/), from Prakrit 𑀓𑀟𑁆𑀠𑀇 (kaḍḍhaï), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀓𑀟𑁆𑀠𑀢𑀺 (*kaḍḍhati, “to pull, draw”). Cognate with Hindustani کاڑْھنا (kāṛhnā) / काढ़ना (kāṛhnā), Sindhi ڪَڍَڻُ / कढणु, Gujarati કાઢવું (kāḍhvũ), Marathi काढणे (kāḍhṇe), Maithili काढ़ब (kāṛhab) / 𑒏𑒰𑒜𑓃𑒥 (kāṛhaba), Nepali काढ्नु (kāḍhnu), Bengali কাড়া (kaṛa), Assamese কঢ়া (korha).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /kə˦ɖˑᵊ.ɳäː/

Verb

کَڈّھݨا • (kaḍḍhṇā) (transitive, Gurmukhi spelling ਕੱਢਣਾ)

1. to deduct, cut, remove (ie. from a list etc.)
2. to kick out or expel
3. to remove, take out
4. to bring out
5. to find, spare, take (ie. some time)
6. to explore (ie. a solution to a problem)
7. to invent; release; publish (ie. a product to market)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “کڈھّن”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਕੱਢਣਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kaḍḍhati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press