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Punjabi
Etymology
Corrupted from Classical Persian سَحَرْگَاهِی (sahargāhī), from سَحَرْگَاه (sahargāh) + ـی (-ī).
Compare Gujarati સરગી (sargī).
Pronunciation
Noun
سَرگھی • (sarghī) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਸਰਘੀ)
- predawn meal taken before fasting; suhur
- (Islam) fajr
- Synonyms: دَھمّی دی نَماز (dhammī dī namāz), فَجر (fajr), فَجرا (fajrā)
Usage notes
The first sense is not exclusive to Islam.
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Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “سرگھی”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- “ਸਰਘੀ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
- Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਸਰਘੀ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.