سجرا

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀲𑀚𑁆𑀚𑁄𑀓𑁆𑀓 (sajjŏkka) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀭- (-ra-), from Sanskrit सद्यस् (sadyás).

Pronunciation

Adjective

سَجّرا • (sajjrā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਸੱਜਰਾ)

  1. fresh; new, recent
    Synonyms: تازَہ (tāzah), لَوَا (lavā), نَوَاں (navāṉ)
    • 1989, مُحَمَّد عَباس ناجْمی [muḥammad ʻabās nājmī], راوی رَن٘گ [rāvī raṉg], →OCLC, page 88:
      او اتھرو اِک مٹیار دے سَن
      اودے سجرے سجرے پیار دے سن
      o atthrū ikk muṭiyār de san
      ode sajjre sajjre piyār de san
      The tears were those of a lass
      Of her newly found love

Declension

Declension of سجرا
masculine feminine
singular plural singular plural
direct سَجّرا (sajjrā) سَجّرے (sajjre) سَجّری (sajjrī) سَجّرِیاں (sajjriyāṉ)
oblique سَجّرے (sajjre) سَجّریاں (sajjreyāṉ) سَجّری (sajjrī) سَجّرِیاں (sajjriyāṉ)

Further reading

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “سجّر”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • “ਸੱਜਰਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sadyás”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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