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Punjabi
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀘𑀼𑀡𑁆𑀡 (cuṇṇa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀇𑀓𑀸- (-ikā-), from Sanskrit चूर्ण (cūrṇa).
Pronunciation
Noun
چُنّی • (cunnī) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਚੁੰਨੀ)
- scarf, dupatta
- Synonym: دوپَٹَّا (dopaṭṭā)
1958, احمد راہی [Ahmad Rahi], “میری چُنّی دِیاں ریشَمی تَنْداں [merī cunnī dīyāṉ reśamī tandāṉ]”, in جَٹّی [jaṭṭī], performed by زُبَیدَہ خانَم [zubaidah xānam]:میری چُنّی دِیاں ریشَمی تَنْداں
مَیں گُھٹّ گُھٹّ دینی آں گَنْڈھاں کِہ چَنّا تیری یاد نا بُھلّے- merī cunnī dīyāṉ reśmī tandāṉ
maiṉ ghuṭṭ ghuṭṭ denī āṉ ganḍhāṉ kih cannā terī yād nā bhulle - The threads of my silky scarf
I knot them all so tightly, lest, my love, your memories fade
Declension
Descendants
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “چُنّی”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- “ਚੁੰਨੀ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “cūrṇa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press