پڑھنا

Punjabi

Etymology

Punjabi verb set
پَڑھنا‎ (paṛhnā)
پَڑھاؤݨا‎ (paṛhā'oṇā)
پَڑھْواؤݨا‎ (paṛhvā'oṇā)

Inherited from Paisaci Prakrit [Term?] (compare Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀧𑀠𑀤𑀺 (paḍhadi)), from Sanskrit पठति (páṭhati). Cognate with Urdu پڑھنا‎ (paṛhnā).

Verb

پڑھنا • (paṛhnā) (transitive, Gurmukhi spelling ਪੜ੍ਹਨਾ)

  1. to read
    ‏تُوْں کِہڑی کِتاب پَڑھنا پْیا ویْں؟‎‎
    tūṉ kihṛī kitāb paṛhnā pya veṉ?
    Which book are you reading?
  2. to recite; pray
  3. to study, learn

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀧𑀠 (paḍha) +‎ ـنا‎ (-nā, verbal suffix), the first element of which is from Sanskrit पठ् (paṭh).

Pronunciation

Verb

پَڑھنا • (paṛhnā) (Hindi spelling पढ़ना) (transitive)

  1. to read
  2. to recite; pray
  3. to study, learn

Conjugation


  • Note: The second-person polite form آپ‎ (āp) uses the third-person plural conjugation.

References

  • “پڑھنا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “پڑھنا”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.
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