ساوا
Pahari-Potwari
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit श्याव (śyāvá, “dark brown”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɑː.ʋɑː/
Adjective
ساوا (sāvā)
Noun
ساوا (sāvā) m
- green (color)
Punjabi
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit श्याव (śyāvá, “dark brown”). Cognate with Sindhi سائو (sāo).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɑː.ʋɑː/
Adjective
ساوا • (sāvā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਸਾਵਾ)
Declension
| masculine | feminine | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| direct | ساوا (sāvā) | ساوے (sāve) | ساوی (sāvī) | ساوِیاں (sāviyāṉ) | |
| oblique | ساوے (sāve) | ساویاں (sāveyāṉ) | ساوی (sāvī) | ساوِیاں (sāviyāṉ) | |
Noun
ساوا • (sāvā) m
- green (color)
See also
| چِٹّا (ciṭṭā), بَگّا (baggā) | کاࣇا (kāḷā) | |
| لال (lāl), رَتّا (rattā); سُوہا (sūhā) | مالْٹا (mālṭā), نارَن٘گی (nāraṉgī); بُھورا (bhūrā) | پِیࣇا (pīḷā), کَھٹّا (khaṭṭā) |
| نِمبُو (nimbū), پِسْتَہ (pistah), اَن٘گُوری | ساوا (sāvā), ہَرا (harā) | |
| آسمانی (āsmānī) | آسمانی (āsmānī) | نِیلا (nīlā) |
| جامنی (jāmnī), اُودا (ūdā) | بَین٘گَݨی (baiṉgaṇī) | گُلابی (gulābī) |
Further reading
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śyāvá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 735