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Punjabi
Etymology
Verbal noun of پَچھاݨنا (pachāṇnā, “to recognize”), from inherited from Prakrit 𑀧𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀳𑀺𑀬𑀸𑀡𑀇 (paccahiyāṇaï), from Sanskrit प्रत्यभिजानाति (pratyabhijānāti). Cognate with Urdu پَہْچان (pahcān).
Pronunciation
Noun
پَچھاݨ • (pachāṇ) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਪਛਾਣ)
- identity; recognition
2023, Dr.Yusra Sikandar, “Language & Punjabi Language”, in چَھتْنار [chatnār], volume 7, Lahore, page 80:زبان مخصوص قوم تے علاقے دی پچھان تے مان اے۔- zabān maxṣūṣ qaum te ʻilāqe dī pachāṇ te māṇ ai.
- Language is the identity and pride of a particular nation and region.
- acquaintance, familiarity
Declension
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “پچھان”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- “پچھان”, in پنجابی لغت (in Punjabi), Pakistan: Center for Language Engineering, (Can we date this quote?).
- “ਪਛਾਣ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pratyabhijānāti”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 487