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Punjabi
Etymology
ਵਾਹ (vāh, “wondrous”) + ਗੁਰੂ (gurū, “enlightened”)
Pronunciation
Proper noun
ਵਾਹਿਗੁਰੂ • (vāhigurū) m (Shahmukhi spelling واہگرو)
- (Sikhism) God
- Guru Granth Sahib, Bhatt Gayand, translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa, ang 515:
ਸਤਿ ਸਾਚੁ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਨਿਵਾਸੁ ਆਦਿ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਸਦਾ ਤੁਹੀ ਵਾਹਿਗੁਰੂ ਵਾਹਿਗੁਰੂ ਵਾਹਿਗੁਰੂ ਵਾਹਿ ਜੀਉ- sat sāch srī nivās ād purakh sadā tuhī wāhegurū wāhegurū wāhegurū wāhe jīo
- You are forever True, the Home of Excellence, the Primal Supreme Being. wow Wondrous Enlightener, Wondrous Enlightener, Wondrous Enlightener.
ਵਾਹਿਗੁਰੂ ਮਿਹਰ ਕਰੇ.- wāhegurū mehar kare.
- With God's grace.
- Synonyms: ਰੱਬ (rabba), ਅਕਾਲ (akāl)
References
- “ਵਾਹਿਗੁਰੂ”, in Punjabipedia (in Punjabi), Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
- Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਵਾਹਿਗੁਰੂ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.