پڑھنا

Punjabi

Etymology

Punjabi verb set
پَڑھنا (paṛhnā)
پَڑھاؤݨا (paṛhā'oṇā)
پَڑھْواؤݨا (paṛhvā'oṇā)

Inherited from Paisaci Prakrit [Term?] (compare Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀧𑀠𑀤𑀺 (paḍhadi)), from Sanskrit पठति (páṭhati). Cognate with Urdu پڑھنا (paṛhnā).

Verb

پڑھنا • (paṛhnā) (transitive, Gurmukhi spelling ਪੜ੍ਹਨਾ)

  1. to read
    تُوْں کِہڑی کِتاب پَڑھنا پْیا ویْں؟
    tūṉ kihṛī kitāb paṛhnā pyا veṉ?
    Which book are you reading?
  2. to recite; pray
  3. to study, learn

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀧𑀠 (paḍha) + ـنا (-nā, verbal suffix), the first element of which is from Sanskrit पठ् (paṭh).

Pronunciation

Verb

پَڑْھنا • (paṛhnā) (transitive, Hindi spelling पढ़ना)

  1. to read (ie. a book etc.)
  2. to recite (ie. a poem or Quran etc.)
  3. (religion) pray; worship (ie. salat)
  4. (figuratively) to decipher
  5. to study, learn

Conjugation

  • Note: The second-person polite form آپ (āp) (āp) uses the third-person plural conjugation.

Further reading

  • پڑھنا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • پڑھنا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “پڑهنا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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