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Punjabi
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀯𑀸𑀭𑁂𑀇 (vārei), Sanskrit वारयते (vārayate) / वारयति (vārayati).
Pronunciation
Verb
وارنا • (vārnā) (transitive, Gurmukhi spelling ਵਾਰਨਾ)
- to sacrifice; make a sacrifice of
- Synonym: قُرْبان کَرْنا (qurbān karnā)
- to sacrifice something to avert evil by waving it around the specific person's head before giving it away
- Synonym: صَدْقے کَرْنا (ṣadqe karnā)
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “وارن”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- “ਵਾਰਨਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vāráyatē”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press