Where does “ਅੱਕ” come from?

ਅੱਕ (Punjabi) comes from Sanskrit अर्क — a ray, flash of lightning.

ਅੱਕ (Punjabi): mudar (Calotropis procera)

Definitions

  1. mudar (Calotropis procera)

Ancestry of “ਅੱਕ”, step by step

ਅੱਕ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Sanskrit अर्क

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Sanskritअर्कa ray, flash of lightning

via Punjabi ਅੱਕਣਾ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Punjabiਅੱਕਣਾto be fed up, bored, tired (of), irritated
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