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Punjabi
Etymology
From چُݨ (cuṇ) + ـائی, from چُݨݨا (cuṇṇā), inherited from Prakrit 𑀘𑀼𑀡𑀇 (cuṇaï), from Sanskrit चिनोति (cinṓti).
Pronunciation
Noun
چُݨائی • (cuṇā'ī) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਚੁਣਾਈ)
- verbal noun of چُݨݨا (cuṇṇā, “to select; pick; plait; pile up”)
- construction; fabrication as well as the wages of a labour
Declension
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “چُنائی”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- “ਚੁਣਾਈ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “cinṓti”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 261