ਮੁਸਾਫਰੁ

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See also: ਮੁਸਾਫਰ and ਮੁਸਾਫ਼ਰ

Old Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (musāfar), from Arabic مُسَافِر (musāfir).

Noun

ਮੁਸਾਫਰੁ (musāpharu) m^[1]^[2]^[3]

traveller
- 1604, Guru Arjan, Ādi Granth ang 1083:
  ਹੋਇ ਪੈ ਖਾਕ ਫਕੀਰ ਮੁਸਾਫਰੁ ਇਹੁ ਦਰਵੇਸੁ ਕਬੂਲੁ ਦਰਾ ॥੧॥
  hoi pai khāka phakīra musāpharu ihu daravesu kabūlu darā.1.
  1972 translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
  Become the dust of the feet of the humble fakeers, and consider yourself a traveller on this journey.
  O saintly dervish, you shall be approved in the Court of the Lord.

Descendants

Descendants

Punjabi: musāfar
Gurmukhi script: ਮੁਸਾਫ਼ਰ

Shahmukhi script: مُسافَر
Saraiki:
Devanagari script: मुसाफ़िर (musāfir)

Multani script: 𑊠𑊥𑊜𑊢 (msphr)

Shahmukhi script: مُسافر (musāfr)

References

More information

^ “ਮੁਸਾਫਰੁ”, in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Dictionary, SriGranth.org, 2025
^ Surindar Singh Kohli (1996) “ਮੁਸਾਫਰੁ”, in Dictionary of the Guru Granth Sahib, 1^st edition, Amritsar: Singh Brothers, →ISBN, page 234, column 2; republished Amritsar, 2005.
^ Christopher Shackle (2011) “musāpharu”, in A Gurū Nānak Glossary, 2^nd edition, New Delhi: Heritage Publishers, →ISBN, page 311

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