وکرماجیت

Punjabi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit विक्रमादित्य (vikramāditya). Doublet of وِکرَما دِتّ (vikramā ditt) / بِکرَما دِتّ (bikramā ditt).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /ʋɪk.ɾə.mäː.d͡ʒiːt̪ə̆/
  • (dialectal) IPA(key): /bɪk.ɾə.mäː.d͡ʒiːt̪ə̆/

Noun

وِکْرَماجِیت • (vikramājīt) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਵਿਕ੍ਰਮਾਜੀਤ)

  1. Vikramaditya, a legendary king of Ujjain, after whom the Vikrami Calendar is named.

Further reading

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “وِکرماجیت”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
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