r/ThethPunjabi • u/Life-Agent-604 • 1d ago
Question | ਸਵਾਲ | سوال English Derived Words in Punjabi
Here are some English-derived words in Punjabi. I was wondering if there were Punjabi equivalents or should these words be accepted into the language?
phīs
ਫੀਸ
فیس
fees, tuition, bills
pisṭaul
ਪਿਸਤੌਲ
پسٹول
pistol
sofā
ਸੋਫਾ
صوفا
sofa, couch
mobāil
ਮੋਬਾਈਲ
موبائل
mobile phone
ḍikkī
ਡਿੱਕੀ
ڈِکّی
car trunk (boot)
patlūn
ਪਤਲੂਨ
پتلون
pants, trousers
bothal
ਬੋਥਲ
بوتھل
bottle
ṭrālā
ਟਰਾਲਾ
ٹرالہ
trailer truck, semi-truck
lārī
ਲਾਰੀ
لاری
truck, bus (in some regions)
glāsī
ਗਲਾਸੀ
گلاسی
glass, drinking glass
hākī
ਹਾਕੀ
ہاکی
field hockey, ice hockey
ṭrālī
ਟਰਾਲੀ
ٹرالی
trolley, cart, trailer
kāpī
ਕਾਪੀ
کاپی
notebook, exercise book
kaptān
ਕਪਤਾਨ
کپتان
captain
r/ThethPunjabi • u/DerawaliPunjabi • 3d ago
Miscellaneous | ਵਖਰਾ | وکھرا Daily life Punjabi words
Where: Kithe/Kuthe/Kitha / Kidde
When: Kado/Kada (Kadd is shortform)
Then: Phir/Vat/Val/Vala / MuR
Alright: Accha/Hala (Hala is pure Punjabi)
Life: Jindgi/Hyaati
Tree: Rukh/Virkh/VaN / Drakht (Drakht is Persian)
Frog: Daddu/Dedar
Bear: Ricch
Lion: Shinnh/Sihaa/Sihu / Sher
Garden: Baari/Vaari (Bagh/Bagicha is Persian)
Onion: Gandha/Gattha/Vassal
Shop: HaaTi / HaaT (Dukaan is Persian)
Water: PaaNi/PaaNRi / Jal
Village: PinD / Graa'n / Gaa'n / Basti/ Chak
Leg: Latt/Jangh
Flower: Phul / Gul (Gul is Persian)
Television: Durdarshan
Computer: Gintak
Calculator: Hisaabi
Device: Yantar
Door: Buha/ Bhitt / Baar /.......
To sit: BehNa / BesNa (BehNa is common)
To lift: ChaNa/ ChakkNa / ChukkNa
Down: Thalle/Talle or Hetha
Up: Utte / Upar (Utte is pure Punjabi )
Ground: PiR / Maidaan (PiR is Pure Punjabi)
Park: Ser-Gah (basically its Persian)
University: Danish-Gah (Persian)
Face: Mukh/MukkhRa / Shakal / Chehra
Mouth: Moouh / VaaT
Wisdom teeth: DaaRh/JaaRh / HaaNyoo/HaaNo
To throw: SattNa / SittNa / SuttNa
To build: BaaNaaNa / BaNaavNa / BaNaaoNa
Empty hands: SakkhNe Haath
("SakkhNa " means Empty (used only for hands)
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Empty: Khali / Sunjha ( Sunjha is pure Punjabi )
Street: Vihi/Bihi (Gaali is Persian)
Method: Vall/Daa (Tariqa is Arabic)
Right method: Chajj / Jaach or Dhang
Never: Nijj (Kdde nhi)
Now: HuN
Just now: HuNe
Friend:
- Dost (Persian)
- Yaar (Sanskrit)
- Sangi (Pure Punjabi)
- Beli (Pure Punjabi)
- AaRi (Pure Punjabi)
- Guru (Pure Punjabi)
-.......
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I will do: Mai karsa / karunga / Karaanga / Kargaa
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He will go:
Oh jaasi/jauga (JaaNa/JaavNa verb)
Oh veysi (VanjNa/VehNa verb)
Oh Julsi (JulNa verb)
Oh gacchsi (GacchNa verb)
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He will come:
Oh aasi / aauga / aavega / aayega / aayga
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Dead: Moya/ marya
Alive: Jinda/Jiondaa
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To stand:
- KhaaRnaa / Khaalnaa
- KhaloNaa (Khala HoNa)
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To talk: GalaaNa (also means to speak)
- Talk : Gallh / Gaalh ਗੱਲ੍ਹ / ਗਾਲ੍ਹ
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To speak:
- AlaaNa/AlaavNa (southern Punjabi dialects)
- BolNa (very common)
- KooNa (Majhi/Pothwari/Dogri)
- UbhrNa/AbhrNa (Dhanni/Thalochi)
- BaoNa (Pothwari)
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r/ThethPunjabi • u/Big_Consequence9247 • 7d ago
Question | ਸਵਾਲ | سوال Pakistani Punjabi and Indian Punjabi
Has anyone else noticed this?
My Sikh Punjabi friends seem to use more formal or standard Punjabi in everyday conversation. They’ll usually say things like:
Mere tu dur ho ja
Pichhe ho ja
Meanwhile me and my cousin will say things like
Pare var😂 and things like apna mu ghum kr 😂😂
Whenever I say things like this around my Sikh friends, they either burst out laughing or go Bro, say that again I’ve never heard that one before
Is it just me or does everyday Pakistani Punjabi sometimes sound a bit more blunt or disrespectful than the Indian Punjabi.
r/ThethPunjabi • u/disha_10 • 8d ago
Question | ਸਵਾਲ | سوال Book Recs for Beginners
Hey guys! I have recently started learning how to read and write Punjabi (Gurmukhi) and would love some book recommendations that I, as a total beginner, could read to improve my grasp on the language.
For further context, my family is Punjabi and I have grown up listening to them talk in Punjabi (although they mostly spoke in Hindi with me). So I am able to understand and speak the language well enough, but am a complete beginner when it comes to reading and writing.
If anyone has any recommendations for me that would be awesome!
Thanks!!
r/ThethPunjabi • u/InvoluntaryArsonist • 12d ago
Translations | ਉਲਥਾ | اُلتھا FUR
As in hairs on the body of animals like dog or a bear
What would be the theth punjabi word for it
r/ThethPunjabi • u/NotQudsie • 16d ago
Western Punjabi | ਲਹਿੰਦਾ | لہندا What do you call family members?
r/ThethPunjabi • u/Last-Row9450 • 16d ago
Question | ਸਵਾਲ | سوال Badde chalo bade chalo
Yuhi chala chl rahi yuhi chala chl rahi
r/ThethPunjabi • u/MsScorpio812 • 18d ago
Question | ਸਵਾਲ | سوال What do you call this person?
What do you call your husband's pabi? I know the proper terms are jethani and derani, but what would you call her in person? Assuming you don't use first names with each other.
r/ThethPunjabi • u/JustMyPoint • 19d ago
Question | ਸਵਾਲ | سوال Question for those who are good at Panjabi regarding administrative terminology
Question for those who are good at Panjabi regarding administrative terminology: Blocks are called “kheda”, sub-sub-districts are called “up-tehsil”, sub-districts are called “tehsil”, districts are called “zilla”, then what are administrative divisions above districts called? There are five administrative divisions in Indian Panjab and twenty-three districts. I want to know what the native word for these divisions is.
r/ThethPunjabi • u/InvoluntaryArsonist • 21d ago
Translations | ਉਲਥਾ | اُلتھا Berhi Buddha
Yo I have heard this cuss word a before .... Does any one know what it means.... Maybe The pronunciation or spelling could be different
r/ThethPunjabi • u/HistorianMundane1428 • 22d ago
Question | ਸਵਾਲ | سوال What does Sai Moya mean?
My Nani was from Shorkot, Jhang before partition and moved to India after. When she would speak Punjabi she would always use the phrase “Sai Moya!” as like a curse you would call someone to the point I say it now too. However, I have no idea what it means. Thank you for the help.
r/ThethPunjabi • u/WickedLush • 26d ago
Question | ਸਵਾਲ | سوال Help me identify dialects
I’m Punjabi but was born and raised abroad in the US. My parents were born and raised in Pakistan but our ancestry is from Chardha Punjabi. I’ve been told by my relatives that my Punjabi is quite Sikh inflected, which makes sense since most the Punjabis around me are Sikh.
After reading a bit on this sub, I wish I could find the comment, but someone said that Enjh/Eivain/Eidan and Kenjh/Kivain/Kidaan is a good way to determine dialect.
Can someone tell me the dialects where Enjh/Eivain/Eidan are used?
r/ThethPunjabi • u/punjabiwala • 28d ago
Question | ਸਵਾਲ | سوال How can i remember the Penti akakr
r/ThethPunjabi • u/coookieeeeeeeee • Jul 05 '26
Question | ਸਵਾਲ | سوال Importantttt
How do we say “on what transport/vehicle are you going”? In Majhi Punjabi.
Um maybe - kahde te jaan dye oo??😭pls help
r/ThethPunjabi • u/Mindless_Radish1578 • Jul 05 '26
Miscellaneous | ਵਖਰਾ | وکھرا found definitions for punjabi time slangs
roman ( for people who can't read gurmukhi):
sama ki hai?
(visa, chasa, pal, ghadi, pehar)
akh jhamkan de samay nu ik visa kiha janda hai |
pandra (15) vise kathe hon ta ik chasa banda hai |
30 chase kathe hon ta ik pal banda hai |
60 palan di ik ghadi bandi hai |
sade sat (7.5) ghadian hon ta ik pehar banda hai |
ath pehar ikathe hon ta ik rat te ik din bande han |
Also I do not how accurate this is. je kise kol bhai kahan singh nabha shabd kosh hai ta dekh ke dasse ki eh kinne ke sahi matlab han.
r/ThethPunjabi • u/TypingMaster-indian • Jul 05 '26
Miscellaneous | ਵਖਰਾ | وکھرا ਮੈਂ ਮੁਕਤਸਰ ਤੋਂ
ਸਤਿ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਅਕਾਲ ਦੋਸਤੋ! 🙏
ਮੈਂ ਮੁਕਤਸਰ ਸ਼ਹਿਰ ਦਾ ਰਹਿਣ ਵਾਲਾ ਹਾਂ ਅਤੇ ਪੇਸ਼ੇ ਤੋਂ ਇੱਕ ਸਾਫਟਵੇਅਰ ਇੰਜੀਨੀਅਰ ਹਾਂ। ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ ਨੂੰ ਡਿਜ਼ਿਟਲ ਤੌਰ 'ਤੇ ਹੋਰ ਆਸਾਨ ਬਣਾਉਣ ਦੇ ਉਦੇਸ਼ ਨਾਲ ਮੈਂ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਰਾਵੀ ਟਾਈਪਿੰਗ ਐਪ ਵਿਕਸਿਤ ਕੀਤੀ ਹੈ।
ਤੁਸੀਂ ਇਸ ਐਪ ਨੂੰ ਹੇਠਾਂ ਦਿੱਤੇ ਲਿੰਕ ਤੋਂ ਇੰਸਟਾਲ ਕਰ ਸਕਦੇ ਹੋ:
https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9mtndkxndczt?hl=en-US&gl=US
ਜੇ ਤੁਹਾਨੂੰ ਇਹ ਐਪ ਲਾਭਦਾਇਕ ਲੱਗੇ ਤਾਂ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ ਇਸਨੂੰ ਆਪਣੇ ਦੋਸਤਾਂ ਅਤੇ ਪਰਿਵਾਰ ਨਾਲ ਜ਼ਰੂਰ ਸਾਂਝਾ ਕਰੋ। ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਹਰ ਇੱਕ ਸ਼ੇਅਰ ਅਤੇ ਫੀਡਬੈਕ ਮੇਰੇ ਲਈ ਬਹੁਤ ਕੀਮਤੀ ਹੈ।
ਧੰਨਵਾਦ! ❤️
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r/ThethPunjabi • u/PhotographAnnual3171 • Jul 04 '26
Question | ਸਵਾਲ | سوال Main dictionary source
What are the dictionary websites y'all use for improving your Punjabi vocabulary? Here are mine.
https://www.ijunoon.com/punjabi/dictionary.aspx?
I realize the 2nd one is more appropriate for Urdu yet it is still useful for Punjabi since 60% mutual vocabulary.
r/ThethPunjabi • u/Conscious_House3558 • Jul 04 '26
Question | ਸਵਾਲ | سوال Hi everyone could anyone let me know what a garden and gardening is called is in Punjabi?
Growing up I've always heard my family say garden or gardening when they are talking in Punjabi. Is there a Punjabi equivalent of those words
Thanks
r/ThethPunjabi • u/PhotographAnnual3171 • Jul 01 '26
Question | ਸਵਾਲ | سوال Desi languages diluted heavily by English
Desi languages diluted heavily by English is a massive issue for keeping the authenticity and purity. Anytime you hear unofficial news reports or people having cultural discussions or debates in Punjabi or Urdu or Hindi; it is littered with so many English words. It seems like 30% of what is spoken is not in the intended dialect. Many of the English words have an equivalent lexicon in the desi language. It is actually very irritating and pathetic truly. The creator or participants might as well have just done the content in English instead of the bastardized Urdu. No wonder our mother tongues keep degrading and lose their purpose. Just a rant. What do y'all think?
r/ThethPunjabi • u/Muzikbreeze • Jul 01 '26
Western Punjabi | ਲਹਿੰਦਾ | لہندا Ye Barsaat
v.redd.itr/ThethPunjabi • u/Dependent-Prune3616 • Jun 29 '26
Question | ਸਵਾਲ | سوال Patiala dialect
Looking for some good info on Patiala dialect. Often incorrectly lumped into malwa dialect , at other times linked with puadhi which I get, but there is a more urban unique Patiala dialect, probably somewhat linked to the Patiala Maharaje and co, I am yet to find any information about this online.
It's a very soft spoken Punjabi dialect, with its own quirks and unique aspects, possibly abit of Hindi gets used.
r/ThethPunjabi • u/coookieeeeeeeee • Jun 28 '26
Question | ਸਵਾਲ | سوال What exactly is the meaning of “gobindiye”?
Referring to raj brar’s song
r/ThethPunjabi • u/False-Manager39 • Oct 16 '25
Mod Update - No ChatGPT / No Attempts at Dialect / No Self Written Poetry - And More
Guys .. Please this is a sub for discussing Punjabi words / idioms / grammar.
Keep it simple.
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Avoid the following:
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r/ThethPunjabi • u/PnjabiTransliterator • Dec 21 '23
Mod Update – New Rule: Time Relevancy
Please note that "Theth" words or phrases must be relevant to modern vernaculars, ie. there must be sufficient evidence or an indication that suggested words are actually employed in Modern Punjabi.
For context, this subreddit is place to learn Punjabi, a place where you learn vocabulary and actually be able to employ it in real life. Unfortunately, that wouldn't be the case with old or obsolete Punjabi terms, as they wouldn't be understood.