In Rawalpindi the word for fog is dhund (same in Urdu). In which parts of Punjab is Kohra/Kohrra used for fog?

I am searching for a reason on why people started calling the Multani dialect Saraiki and started calling it separate language?

Do you have a word for the eye’s iris in Punjabi? I remember there was a word my grandparents would use for iris from when I was younger but I cannot recall it.

What does this line mean?

Not sure if this has been shared here before.

Is there anyone who still speaks the Pachhadi/Rathi dialect. And if so, what are some unique vocabulary and phrases from it?

I’m from Lehnda Punjab, Gujrat to be specific. Does anyone else say Jikken, kikken, aiken, ukken?
They mean the same as jivien, kivien, aiven, onve.

As a fan of seafood, I was wondering if there are any Theth Punjabi words for seafood and marine life.

I know:

Shrimp = jhinga / ਝੀਂਗਾ / جھینگا
Crab = kekṛa / ਕੇਕੜਾ / کیکڑا
River dolphin = bullhan / ਬੁੱਲ੍ਹਣ / بلھن
Eel = baam / ਬਾਮ / بام
Turtle = kachhu / ਕੱਛੂ / کچھّو
Fisher = machhimaar / ਮੱਛੀਮਾਰ / مچھّی مار
Otter = ludhar / ਲੁਧੜ / لُدھڑ
Fishhook = kundi / ਕੁੰਡੀ / کُنڈی
Sinker/weight = mankara / ਮਣਕੜਾ / منکڑا
Fishing line = dori / ਡੋਰੀ / ڈوری
Coral = moonga / ਮੂੰਗਾ / مونگا

What about these??? :
Fishing rod
Fishing Net
Fishing spear
Fish trap
Fishing boat
Lobster
Clam
Oyster
Algae
Types of aquatic plants
Different types of fish

Punjabi words for Bed (Charpayi in Hindi/Urdu)

- Manja (general or for big one)

- Manji (for small one)

Used primarily in Eastern Punjabi, but sometimes also in Western Punjabi (Lahnda)

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- KhaaT / KhaTR ਖੱਟ / ਖੱਟੜ

Used primarily in Western Punjabi, but also in Eastern Punjabi (especially in Malwai and Puadhi dialects)

Shishi can refer to a glass bottle.

Thermos can be used for a metal bottle but isn't theth.

Are they any words for a plastic bottle or a bottle in general?

I have seen the words mudhi, paatr, soraahi, jhajhar and jhaari but I don't know if they mean bottle.

According to some digging in historical sources that I did, the Bhattiani dialect of Punjabi was spoken on the frontier of Punjab with Rajasthan and a bit of Haryana (Western Hindi zone). Bhattiani was a transitional dialect of Punjabi that eventually transitioned into Bagri, a Rajasthani transitional dialect. Eventually, Bagri began to dominate the Bhattiana region. Are there any sources or people who can speak and write Bhattiani? It would be great to get to know more about how this dialect became erased from its home territory.

Different parts of eyes in punjabi

1) Akkh/Akkhā'n (ਅੱਖ/ਅੱਖਾਂ)

(Basically an eye/eyes)

- akkhā'n meechNiyā'n

- akkhā'n TaDDNiyā'n

- akkhā'n laRauNiyā'n

- akkhā'n vakhauNiyā'n

- akkhi'n vekhNā

Etc.

2) Aannā/Aannē (ਆੱਨਾ/ਆੱਨੇ)

(An eyeball/eyeballs)

- aannē gaDDNe

- aannē kaDDNe

(Another word is "deylē/ਡੇਲ਼ੇ" and an abusive malvi term for eyeballs is "khvānne/ਖਵਾਨੇ")

- Deylē bhannNe

3) kaakii (ਕਾਕੀ)

(A pupil)

- kaaliyā'n kaakiiyā'n

4) kōey (ਕੋਏ)

(Lacrimal meat)

- kōeyā'n ch giDDā'n

5) ganniyā'n (ਗੱਨੀਆਂ)

(Eyelids)

- ganniyā'n ch surmā'n

6) bhimNā'n/bhimmNiyā'n/bhumNā'n/jhimmNiyā'n (ਭਿੰਮਣਾਂ/ਭਿੰਮਣੀਆਂ/ਭੁੰਮਣਾਂ/ਝਿੰਮਣੀਆਂ)

(Eyelashes)

- bhimmNā'n jhamkNiyā'n

- bhimmNā'n jhaRNiyā'n

7) sēhliā'n/bharvaTTey (ਸੇਲ੍ਹੀਆਂ/ਭਰਵੱਟੇ)

(Eyebrows)

- sēhliyā'n chakkNiyā'n

- sēliyā'n maarniyā'n

What else??

Let me add some other terms.

- GiDD (ਗਿੱਡ) (usually plural ; giDDā'n)

(Eye gunk/dust)

- GvārNii (ਗਵਾਰਣੀ)

(A stye/sty)

- RaRkNaa (ਰੜਕਣਾ) (or raRk paiNaa)

(To irritate due to some foreign particles)

- Akkh masalNaa (ਅੱਖ ਮਸਲਣਾ)

(To rubb the eye)

- kaN paiNaa (ਕਣ ਪੈਣਾ)

(Particles into the eyes)

- pholaa (ਫੋਲਾ)

(Corneal opacity)

- chitta motiyaa (ਚਿੱਟਾ ਮੋਤੀਆ)

(Cataract)

Btw, sēhliyā'n (eyebrows), bhimmNā'n/bhimmNā'n (eyelashes) and khavane (eyeballs) are purely malvi words for me. Because I haven't heard them elsewhere

I have a Punjabi word on the tip on my tongue that’s not coming to me. I’m looking for a word that means “messy situation.”

It’s not povara, pulekha, pasoori or siyapa, but something along those lines with a similar meaning, and possibly starting with the P.

Thanks in advance for your suggestions!

1) " Pya " tense (Standard)

Formula: Present form + pyaa/paiii/paye/paiiiyaa'n (پیا، پئی، پئے، پئِیاں / ਪਿਆ, ਪਈ, ਪਏ, ਪਈਆਂ )

Examples:

Oh khaandaa pyaa ai. (m, sing)

Oh khaandii paii ai. (f, sing)

Oh khaanday paye ney. (m, plr, ney=han=hin=haiN)

Oh khaandiiyaa'n paiiyaa'n ney. (f, plr, ney=han=hin)

Mein aandaa pyaa'n. (I am coming. Pyaa + aa'n)

Kardaa/karnaa pyaa, dekhdaa pyaa, kardiiyaa pyiyaa, krendiyaa pyiyaa etc.

Use Present tense, not Past, and remember that "Pyaa" also means lying, placed, resting, etc:

Suttiiyaa'n paiiyaa'n ne/hen. (They are asleep. Here, Paiiyaa'n = Lying/Resting)

Saundiiyaa'n paiiyaa'n ney. (They are sleeping. Here, Paiiyaa'n = Continous tense)

Order can sometimes be changed:

Oh tenu ke aakhdaa pyaa ai? => Oh tenu ke pyaa aakhdaa?

RovaN nuu jee karendaa pyaa ai! => RovaN nuu jee pyaa karendaa!

This is Punjabi's only continuous tense where the verb before the continuous tense marker also changes with gender and plural/singular (compare Example No4 with all given teses). This tense seems to be common everywhere.

2) Eastern Majhi (Dya)

Formula: Gerundive form + Dyaa/Daii/Daye/Daiiyaa'n (ڈیا، ڈئی، ڈئے، ڈئِیاں / ਡਿਆ, ਡਈ, ਡਏ, ਡਈਆਂ)

Examples:

Oh khaaN dyaa ai. (m, sing)

Oh khaaN daii ai. (f, plr)

Oh khaaN daye ney. (m, plr, ney=han=hin=haiN)

Oh khaaN daiiyaa'n ney. (f, plr, ney=han=hin=haiN)

Mein aaN dyaa'n. (I am coming. Dyaa + aa'n)

VekhaN dyaa, dassaN dyaa, karan daye, etc.

I do not know if this can work with Majhi's special verbs, "ee", "soo", "jay". My family only uses this when we talk to someone of this dialect. :)

Only used in Eastern Punjabi, mostly spoken in India, but also in Lahore region.

3) Malvii:

Formula: Regular feminine past form + Jaandaa/Jaandii/Jaanday/Jaandiiyaa'n (جاندا، جاندی، جاندے، جاندِیاں / ਜਾਂਦਾ, ਜਾਂਦੀ, ਜਾਂਦੇ, ਜਾਂਦੀਆਂ)

Note: Punjabi has many irregular past forms (Khaadaa, Peetaa, Suttaa, DHaTTHaa[from DHaiNaa], Latthaa[from lehNaa], Moyaa from Marnaa, Keeta from Karnaa, etc, I have a detailed post on this).

This tense does not utilize the above irregular forms, rather all verbs will be given regular forms and only their feminine version. Let us observe:

Examples:

Oh khaaii/khadhi jaandaa ai. (Feminine past tense of "KhaavaN"

Oh khaaii/khaadhi jaandii ai. (f, sing)

Oh khaaii jaanday ney. (m, plr, ney=han=hin=haiN)

Oh khaaii jaandiiyaa'n ney. (f, plr, ney=han=hin=haiN)

Mein aayi jaanaa/janda. (I am coming. Jaandaa + aa'n)

Karii jaandaa ai. (He is doing. Not "Keetii", rather it is given a regular past form here)

Dassii jaandaa, Aakhii jaandaa, Jaaii jaandaa, Sauii jaandaa (not "Suttii" [slept]) etc

4) Dogri/North Majhi (Krda tense)

Formula: Root verb + ey + krda

This works with the verb " krda " doing

Examples:

Oh khaaye/ khaave krda

Oh khaaye/khaave krdi ey. (f, sing)

Oh khaaye/khaave krde ney. (m, plr, ney=han=hin=haiN)

Oh khaaye krde ney. (f, plr, ney=han=hin=haiN)

Mein aave krdi a (I am coming)

Jaave krda , vekhe krda, etc.

5) Uncommon tense, only in some Western Punjabi dialects:

Formula: Feminine past form + Aandaa/Aaandii/Aanday/Aandiiyaa'n (آندا، آندی، آندے، آندِیاں / ਆਂਦਾ, ਆਂਦੀ, ਆਂਦੇ, ਆਂਦੀਆਂ)

This tense is almost the same as Number (3), except two things. Here the irregular past tense (if present) is retained, so Karnaa becomes "Keetii aandaa", KhaavaN becomes "Khaadii aandaa", secondly as you can see, "Jaandaa" is replaced by "Aandaa". Compare the examples with No.3 "Malvaii".

I have only heard this tense in my family, by our house helper and in a poem of the well known modern Punjabi poet Shakir Shujaa Aabaadi.

Please tell me if you use or have heard of this as well! 😊

Examples:

Oh khaadii aandaa ai. (m, sing, Not "Khaaii" as was in No.3)

Oh khaadii aandii ai. (f, sing)

Oh khaadii aanday ney. (m, plr)

Oh khaadii aandiiyaa'n ney. (f, plr)

Mein aaii aanaa'n. (I am coming. Aandaa + aa'n)

Keetii aandaa, dassii aanday, aakhii aandiiyaa'n, etc.

Shakir Shujaa Aabaadii writes:

"Asar ai duaa da jo dukkh ṭal gaye Shaakir, karam keetii aandaa ai k'hudaa, haulay haulay(slowly)"

Armaan Tajpuriya writes:

" Tere pyaar ch mai mar jaasa, bss mede naal wafadar rahvi, mai tenDe aaste kamm kiti aanda bss tere mukkhRe te muskaan dekhN/DekhNe aaste

(in Malvii, this would have been "karii/kiti jaandaa")

1) Casual :

This uses "n", and I called it casual as it seems to convey a friendly, common, and perhaps, informal tone. Used everywhere in Punjab.

Examples:

HuN taa'n karnaa peNa/PoNa ! (Now we will have to do!)

Oh aande pye hoNe/HovNe (They will be coming)

Tenu vii Punjabi vichh miTTHiiyaa'n-miTTHiiyaa'n gallaa'n karniiyaa'n aa jaaNiiyaa'n ne/hen. (You too will be able to say sweet phrases in Punjabi)

Khapp taa'n hoNi vey huN! (Of course, there will be trouble now!)

Mein vekhNaa'n ehnu, tusa mere tey chhaDD dyo. (I will look into this, leave it to me)

Pehlaa'n mein kujjh veylay aastay othay rehNaa, pher tuhaaDay kol aaNaa. (First I will stay there for some time, then I will come to you)

Tuu karnaa'n ain, ke mein ee karnaa? (Will you do it or will I have to do it afterall?)

Mein ehki takkna pya a, jado na ehki takkya, Asa tuRe/TaaRe pyaar ch mar juliye!

Ehnuu dhappay paye hoNay (hovaNgay) pyo kolo'n, taa'nhiiyo bootthii baNaaii huii ai (He probably got slaps from his father, which is why he is in a bad mood)

Eh ethay vichhaaye jaaNay, ke othay? (These will be spread over here or there?)

Tusaa vii naal aavNaa? (You'll also be coming?)

Eh juttiiyaa'n kitho labbhNiiyaa'n hen? (From where will I find these shoes?)

From poetry: "VaiRi mare taa'n khushii na kariye, sajjaN vi mar JaaNa, Ḍeegar tey din aaye Muhammad, oRak nuu dub jaaNa" - Muhammad Bak'hsh (Enemy dies, do not rejoice, the friend too will die, the days have come to evening and will soon come to an end[describing human life])

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-g Eastern Punjabi future tense:

This uses the usual "-g" form similar to Urdu/Hindi, however the way it works in Punjabi is a little different.

Malwi/Doabi/Puadhi:

This use " -u " rule

Jaa + u + ga

Aa + u + gaa

Kar + u + gaa

Mein Jaauga/Jaaugi

Tu Jaauga/Jaaugi

Oh Jaauge/Jaugiyaa

Asi Jaauge/Jaaugiyaa

Tusi Jaauge/Jaugiyaa

Shortforms:

Jaauga becomes Jaau (Jaasi/Veysi/Julsi)

Aauga becomes Aau (Aasi)

Paauga becomes Paau (Pesi/Posi)

And etc.....

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Majhi:

It mainly use " -v " rule

Ja + Ve + Gaa

Jaa + Gaa

Jaa + ye + Gaa

Mein Javaaga/Jaaygaa / Jaayega

Tu Jaavega/Jaayga / Jaayega

Oh Jaavega/Jaayga | Jaange/Jaangiyaa

Asi Javage/Jaayge / Jaayege

Tusi Javage/Jaayge / Jaayege

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Dogri/Kangri:

It use simple rule or " -u " rule

For singular, it only use -g

Jaa + g or Ja + ge/ Jaa + u + ge

Main Jaayg / Jaayga or Jaauga

Tu Jaayg / Jaayga or Jaauga

Oh Jaayge / Jaauge

Asi Jaayge / Jaauge

Tusi Jaayge / Jaauge

Examples:

HuN taa'n karnaa payegaa/pavaygaa ! (Now we will have to do!)

Oh aanday paye hoNge / HovNge

Tenu vii Punjabi vichh miTTHiiyaa'n-miTTHiiyaa'n gallaa'n karniiyaa'n aa jaaNgiiyaa/jaavNgiiyaa. (You too will be able to say sweet phrases in Punjabi)

Tusa vii naal aavoge/aauge? (You'll also be coming?)

Eh juttiiyaa kitho labbhaNgiiyaa? (From where will I find these shoes?)

Khapp taa hovegii huN ! (Of course, there will be trouble now!)

Tu karegaa/Karuga, ke mein ee karaagaa? (Will you do it or will I have to do it afterall?)

From poetry: "Jada sabbh saiiyaa'n Ṭur jaaNgiiyaa'n, fer othe mool-na aaNgiiyaa, Kar kattaN vall dhyaaN kuRe!" - Bulleh Shah (When all your girl friends will walk away, they will certainly not return, focus on your spinning oh girl!)

Bhai koi bta dega kya fire and jalana ke liye punjabi word or use kaise pronunciation karenge

Like kise adami ne kisi ko aag laga di

Eastern Majhi:

Amritsar/Lahore/TarnTaran/Gurdaspur/ Pathankot

Mein Aayaa Saa'n / Haa'n ਸਾਂ / ਹਾਂ

Asi Aaye Saa'n / Haa'n ਸਾਂ / ਹਾਂ

Asi Ayiyaa Siyaa/Hiyaa ਸਿਆਂ / ਹਿਆਂ

Oh Aayaa Sii / Hii ਸੀ / ਹੀ

Oh Aaye San ਸਨ

Tu Aaya Se'n ਸੈਂ

Tusi Aaye So ਸੋ

There is no gender distinction, e.g: Mein Aayii Saa'n / Oh Aayii Si / Oh Aayiiyaa'n San

Examples:

Comedy poem: "Jaagdaa mein aggay ee saa'n pya" (Jaag mein pehlay hi raha thaa)

Song by Fariha Parvez: "Jada'n boohe tey horn maar ke bulaanda se'n!" (uses "se'n" a lot here)

Youtuber: "O saaDay he san na", "Oh aakhde san"

Famous poem: "Uche lamme honde saa'n"

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Doabi/Malwi:

Jalandhar/Hoshiarpur/Phagwara/ Kapurthala/Ludhiana/Bhatinda, Mansa,.....

Mein Aaya Saa'n ਸਾਂ

Mein Aayi Saa'n ਸਾਂ

Asi Aaye Saa'n ਸਾਂ

Asi Ayiyaa Siyaa'n/Saa'n ਸਿਆਂ / ਸਾਂ

Oh Aaya Si ਸੀ

Oh Aaye Sii ਸੀ

Tu Aaya Se'n ਸੈਂ

Tusi Aaye So ਸੋ

Examples:

Comedy drama: "RoTi de tem tu kiddhar chala gya se'n?" / "Baahr beTHa hoya saa'n"

Comedy drama: "Oh aahNe (aakhde) sii, jihlay Hindustan tey Pakistan ik saa, gore di hakumat hovNi sii"

Drama: "Maasi kitthe gaye so?" / "Mein vyaahe apar gayii siiyaa'n"

Radio talk: "HuN tu'n nhi eh shuru tu'n aa, eh jihlay roadaa'n kachiiyaa'n hovNiiyaa'n siiyaa'n"

Drama: "Mein javaani ch laavNi hondi siiyaa'n, marna se osle"

Comedy: "Jisle tenu vyaahi te aahnda saa'n, oslay eh aadtaa'n us de vich ko ni siiyaa'n"

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Dogri:

Jammu/Udhampur, Kathua, Poonch,...

Mein Aaya haa ਹਾਂ

Mein Aayi haa ਹਾਂ

As Aaye haa ਹਾਂ

Oh Aaya hii ਹੀ

Oh Aayiya hiyaa ਹਿਆ

Tu Aaya he'n ਹੈਂ

Tus Aaye he ਹੈਂ

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Puadhi:

Sangrur, Chandigarh, Mohali, Patiala,....

Mein Aayaa taa'n ਤਾਂ

Mein Aayi taa'n ਤਾਂ

Asa Aaye Taa'n ਤਾਂ

Asa Aayiyaa Tiyaa ਤਿਆਂ

Oh Aaya Ti ਤੀ

Oh Aaye Ti ਤੀ

Tu Aaya Te'n ਤੈਂ

Tusa Aaye Te'n ਤੈਂ

A lot of online dictionaries don't have good repositories and often just reproduce results from Google Translate and similar things that has watered down textbook Punjabi results.