وچارہ

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Punjabi[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Corrupted from Classical Persian بی‌چَارَه (bē-čāra). By surface analysis, بے (be, without) +‎ چارَہ (cārah, forage).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

وِچارَہ (vicārah) (comparative ਵਿਚਾਰਾ)

  1. poor; helpless; unfortunate

Declension[edit]

Declension of وچارہ
masculine feminine
singular plural singular plural
direct وِچارا (vicārā) وِچارے (vicāre) وِچاری (vicārī) وِچاریاں (vicārīyāṉ)
oblique وِچارے (vicāre) وِچاریْاں (vicāriyāṉ) وِچاری (vicārī) وِچاریاں (vicārīyāṉ)

Further reading[edit]

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “وِچارہ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • ਵਿਚਾਰਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024