نچھ

Punjabi

Etymology

Compare Sindhi نِڇَ‎ (nicha).

Pronunciation

Noun

نِچّھ • (nicch) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਨਿੱਛ)

  1. sneeze
    Synonyms: چِھکّ‎ (chikk), چِھیْن٘ک‎ (chīṉk)
    • 2006, رفعت [rfʻt, Rifʻat], ہسپتال : ناول [Haspatāl : nāvil, Hospital: Novel], :Lahore: ادارہ پنجاب زبان تے ثقافت – PILAC, →OCLC, page 138:
      ‏سیاسی لیڈر نُوں کن وِچ پیڑ ہووے‘ دو چار نچھاں آ جاݨ‘‎‎
      When a politician starts having earaches, [or] begins to sneeze

Declension
Declension of نچھ
dir. sg. نِچّھ‎ (nicch)
dir. pl. نِچّھاں‎ (nicchāṉ)
singular plural
direct نِچّھ‎ (nicch) نِچّھاں‎ (nicchāṉ)
oblique نِچّھ‎ (nicch) نِچّھاں‎ (nicchāṉ)
vocative نِچّھے‎ (nicche) نِچّھو‎ (niccho)
ablative نِچّھوں‎ (nicchoṉ) —
locative نِچّھے‎ (nicche) نِچّھِیں‎ (nicchīṉ)
instrumental نِچّھے‎ (nicche) نِچّھیں‎ (niccheṉ)

Further reading
  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “نِچھ‎”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • “ਨਿੱਛ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2023
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