Source: https://jugti.com/kosh/words/khuh/ ਖ [Kosh](https://jugti.com/kosh/)/[Words](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/)/Noun Word # ਖੂਹ khuh Say it**KHOO**Type**Noun**Shahmukhiکھوہ In short The khuh is the well, for centuries the source of every drop of the village's water: drinking, cattle, irrigation. Its side was the women's gathering place. ## How it's used 1. 1ਪਿੰਡ ਦਾ ਖੂਹ ਬਹੁਤ ਡੂੰਘਾ ਹੈ।The village well is very deep. 2. 2ਔਰਤਾਂ ਖੂਹ ਤੋਂ ਪਾਣੀ ਭਰ ਰਹੀਆਂ ਹਨ।The women are drawing water from the well. 3. 3ਪੁਰਾਣੇ ਖੂਹ ਦੀ ਮੁੰਡੇਰ ਅੱਜ ਵੀ ਖੜ੍ਹੀ ਹੈ।The old well’s parapet still stands. ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਰਥ ਖੂਹ ਪਿੰਡ ਦੀ ਜਾਨ ਸੀ। ਪੀਣ ਦਾ ਪਾਣੀ, ਪਸ਼ੂਆਂ ਦਾ ਪਾਣੀ, ਖੇਤਾਂ ਦਾ ਪਾਣੀ, ਸਭ ਖੂਹ ਤੋਂ ਆਉਂਦਾ ਸੀ। ਸਵੇਰੇ-ਸ਼ਾਮ ਔਰਤਾਂ ਘੜੇ ਲੈ ਕੇ ਖੂਹ ’ਤੇ ਆਉਂਦੀਆਂ ਸਨ। ਖੂਹ ਦੀ ਮੁੰਡੇਰ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੀ ਬੈਠਕ ਸੀ। ਟਿਊਬਵੈੱਲ ਆਉਣ ਤੋਂ ਬਾਅਦ ਪੁਰਾਣੇ ਖੂਹ ਸੁੰਨੇ ਪੈ ਗਏ ਹਨ, ਪਰ ਲੋਕ-ਗੀਤਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਖੂਹ ਅੱਜ ਵੀ ਵਸਦਾ ਹੈ। ## Meaning ਖੂਹ (khuh) is the well, the deep shaft from which, for centuries, every drop of the village’s water was drawn. Before the tubewell, the khuh was life itself: drinking water, cattle, irrigation, all from the same dark circle of water. ## Origin and etymology The word’s deeper origin is not firmly established in the sources; it is the ancient Punjabi name for the dug well. ## Cultural context The village khuh was a world in miniature. Women came at dawn and dusk with pitchers, and the well-side was their parliament, news, songs, confidences exchanged while the rope ran through willing hands. For irrigation, the Persian wheel turned by bullocks lifted water into channels that fed the fields, slow, backbreaking, and the limit of what the land could give. Folk songs are full of the khuh: the beloved met at the well, the rope, the pitcher. The tubewell has made the old khuh redundant for farming, and many have fallen in or been capped, but the word keeps its poetry, and old wells still stand, ringed with brick, as monuments to the age of drawn water. ## What does khuh mean in Punjabi? ਖੂਹ (khuh) is the well, the deep shaft from which, for centuries, every drop of the village’s water was drawn. Before the tubewell, the khuh was life itself: drinking water, cattle, irrigation, all from the same dark circle of water. ## How is khuh used in a sentence? In Punjabi: "ਪਿੰਡ ਦਾ ਖੂਹ ਬਹੁਤ ਡੂੰਘਾ ਹੈ।", meaning "The village well is very deep.". ## Where does khuh come from? The word’s deeper origin is not firmly established in the sources; it is the ancient Punjabi name for the dug well. ## What is the cultural significance of khuh? The village khuh was a world in miniature. Women came at dawn and dusk with pitchers, and the well-side was their parliament, news, songs, confidences exchanged while the rope ran through willing hands. For irrigation, the Persian wheel turned by bullocks lifted water into channels that fed the fields, slow, backbreaking, and the limit of what the land could give. ## ਖੂਹ ਦਾ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਕੀ ਅਰਥ ਹੈ? ਖੂਹ ਪਿੰਡ ਦੀ ਜਾਨ ਸੀ। ਪੀਣ ਦਾ ਪਾਣੀ, ਪਸ਼ੂਆਂ ਦਾ ਪਾਣੀ, ਖੇਤਾਂ ਦਾ ਪਾਣੀ, ਸਭ ਖੂਹ ਤੋਂ ਆਉਂਦਾ ਸੀ। ## ਖੂਹ ਨੂੰ ਵਾਕ ਵਿੱਚ ਕਿਵੇਂ ਵਰਤਿਆ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ? ਉਦਾਹਰਨ: "ਪਿੰਡ ਦਾ ਖੂਹ ਬਹੁਤ ਡੂੰਘਾ ਹੈ।" (The village well is very deep.) ## ਖੂਹ ਦਾ ਸੱਭਿਆਚਾਰਕ ਮਹੱਤਵ ਕੀ ਹੈ? ਟਿਊਬਵੈੱਲ ਆਉਣ ਤੋਂ ਬਾਅਦ ਪੁਰਾਣੇ ਖੂਹ ਸੁੰਨੇ ਪੈ ਗਏ ਹਨ, ਪਰ ਲੋਕ-ਗੀਤਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਖੂਹ ਅੱਜ ਵੀ ਵਸਦਾ ਹੈ। ## Related words [ਪਾਣੀpaniWater](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/pani/)[ਪਿੰਡpindVillage](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/pind/)[ਖੇਤkhetField; farmland](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/khet/) Sources (2) 1. Mahan Kosh, Bhai Kahn Singh Nabha 2. Punjabi University Punjabi–English Dictionary [Report a correction](https://jugti.com/corrections/) **Jugti is free and independent.** Reader support keeps the Kosh growing. 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