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Punjabi
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian زندگی (zindagī). Compare Hindi ज़िंदगी (zindagī).
Noun
ਜ਼ਿੰਦਗੀ • (zindgī) f (Shahmukhi spelling زندگی)
- life
- Synonyms: ਜਿੰਦੜੀ (jindṛī), ਜੀਵਨ (jīvan), ਜਾਨ (jān), ਹਯਾਤ (hayāt)
1978, Avtar Singh Kang, “Zindagi Mukdi Jandi Ae”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):ਜ਼ਿੰਦਗੀ ਮੁੱਕਦੀ ਜਾਂਦੀ ਐ, ਜਾਨ ਮੇਰੀ ਸੁੱਕਦੀ ਜਾਂਦੀ ਐ, ਰਹੀ ਨਾਂ ਹੋਸ਼ ਟਿਕਾਣੇ ਹੁਣ, ਨਫ਼ਸ ਮੇਰੀ ਰੁੱਕਦੀ ਜਾਂਦੀ ਐ.- zindgī mukkadī jāndī ai, jān merī sukkadī jāndī ai, rahī nā̃ hoś ṭikāṇe huṇa, nafas merī rukkadī jāndī ai.
- Life is passing, my life is drying, consciousness is now not proper, my breath is stopping.
- lifetime
- Synonyms: ਉਮਰ (umar), ਜਿੰਦੜੀ (jindṛī)
Declension
| Declension of ਜ਼ਿੰਦਗੀ
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| dir. sg.
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ਜ਼ਿੰਦਗੀ (zindgī)
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| dir. pl.
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ਜ਼ਿੰਦਗੀਆਂ (zindgīā̃)
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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ਜ਼ਿੰਦਗੀ (zindgī)
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ਜ਼ਿੰਦਗੀਆਂ (zindgīā̃)
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| oblique
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ਜ਼ਿੰਦਗੀ (zindgī)
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ਜ਼ਿੰਦਗੀਆਂ (zindgīā̃)
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| vocative
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ਜ਼ਿੰਦਗੀਏ (zindgīē)
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ਜ਼ਿੰਦਗੀਓ (zindgīo)
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References
- “ਜ਼ਿੰਦਗੀ”, in Punjabipedia [ਪੰਜਾਬੀਪੀਡੀਆ] (in Punjabi), Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
- Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਜ਼ਿੰਦਗੀ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.