جگ

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Old Punjabi

Noun

جُگ (jug) m (Gurmukhi ਜੁਗ)

  1. era, time

Punjabi

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒə.ɡə̆/, /d͡ʒəɡ.ɡə̆/

Etymology 1

    Etymology tree
    Sanskrit *जगाति (jagāti)
    Sanskrit जगत् (jagat)slbor.
    Punjabi جگ (jg)

    Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit जगत् (jagat).

    Noun

    جَگ or جَگّ • (jag or jagg) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਜਗ or ਜੱਗ)

    1. world
      Synonyms: جَہان (jahān), دُنِیا (dunīyā)
    2. creation
      Synonym: خَلْقَت (xalqat)
    Declension
    Declension of جگ
    dir. sg. جَگّ (jagg)
    dir. pl. جَگّ (jagg)
    singular plural
    direct جَگّ (jagg) جَگّ (jagg)
    oblique جَگّ (jagg) جَگّاں (jaggāṉ)
    vocative جَگّا (jaggā) جَگّو (jaggo)
    ablative جَگّوں (jaggoṉ) جَگّاں (jaggāṉ)
    locative جَگّے (jagge) جَگِّیں (jaggiīṉ)
    instrumental جَگّوں (jaggoṉ) –

    Etymology 2

    Borrowed from English jug.

    Noun

    جَگ or جَگّ • (jag or jagg) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਜਗ or ਜੱਗ)

    1. jug (ie. a jug of water)
    Declension
    Declension of جگ
    dir. sg. جَگّ (jagg)
    dir. pl. جَگّ (jagg)
    singular plural
    direct جَگّ (jagg) جَگّ (jagg)
    oblique جَگّ (jagg) جَگّاں (jaggāṉ)
    vocative جَگّا (jaggā) جَگّو (jaggo)
    ablative جَگّوں (jaggoṉ) جَگّاں (jaggāṉ)
    locative جَگّے (jagge) جَگِّیں (jaggiīṉ)
    instrumental جَگّوں (jaggoṉ) –

    Further reading

    • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “جگ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
    • “جگّ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
    • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “jágat”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

    Shina

    Noun

    جگ (jag)

    1. people

    Urdu

    Etymology

    Borrowed from English jug.

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    جَگ • (jag) m (Hindi spelling जग)

    1. jug
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