پراندا

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit प्रान्त (prānta).

Pronunciation

Noun

پَرانْدا • (parāndām (Gurmukhi spelling ਪਰਾਂਦਾ)

  1. parti-coloured yarn used by women for tying up their hair.

Declension

Declension of پراندا
singular plural
direct پَرانْدا (parāndā) پَرانْدے (parānde)
oblique پَرانْدے (parānde) پَرانْدیْاں (parāndiyāṉ)
vocative پَرانْدیْا (parāndiyā) پَرانْدیو (parāndeyo)
ablative پَرانْدیوں (parāndeyoṉ) پَرانْدیْاں (parāndiyāṉ)
locative پَرانْدِیں (parāndīṉ)
instrumental پَرانْدے (parānde)

Descendants

  • Urdu: پَرَانْدَہ (parānda)

Further reading

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “پراندا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • ਪਰਾਂਦਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “prānta”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 501