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Pahari-Potwari
Etymology
Inherited from Old Punjabi ਅਗਿ (agi /aggi/), from Apabhramsa 𑆃𑆓𑇀𑆓𑆴 (aggi), from Prakrit 𑀅𑀕𑁆𑀕𑀺 (aggi), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀅𑀕𑀺 (agi /aggi/), from Sanskrit अग्नि (agní).
Noun
اَگّ (agg) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਅੱਗ)
- fire
Further reading
More information
- شِیراز ،طاہِر (2016) “اَگ”, in شِیراز اُلُّغات: پوٹھوہارِی لُغَت (in Urdu), Peshawar: گَنْدھارا ہِنْدْکو اَکیڈْمِی (gandhārā hindko akeḍmī) , →ISBN, page 30, column 2.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “agní”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 3
Punjabi
Etymology
Inherited from Old Punjabi اَگِّ (aggi), from Apabhramsa 𑆃𑆓𑇀𑆓𑆴 (aggi), from Paisaci Prakrit 𑀅𑀕𑁆𑀕𑀺 (aggi), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀅𑀕𑀺 (agi /aggi/), from Sanskrit अग्नि (agní).
Pronunciation
Noun
اَگّ • (agg) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਅੱਗ)
- fire
- Synonym: آتَش (ātaś)
- (loosely) flame
- (figuratively) jealousy
- (figuratively) anger
- (figuratively) love
Declension
Further reading
More information
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “اگ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- “ਅੱਗ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “agní”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 3