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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