ਪੁੱਛਣਾ

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit पुच्छइ (pucchaï), from Sanskrit पृच्छति (pṛcchati) (specifically Sanskrit पृच्छन (pṛcchana), from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥ḱ-o-nóm) from Proto-Indo-European *pr̥sḱéti. By surface analysis, ਪੁੱਛ (puccha) +‎ -ਣਾ (-ṇā). Cognate with Hindi पूछना (pūchnā), Northern Kurdish pirsîn and Cimbrian vóorsan (to ask).

Verb

ਪੁੱਛਣਾ • (pucchaṇā) (ambitransitive, Shahmukhi spelling پُچھّنا)

  1. to ask, inquire, question
    ਪ੍ਰਸ਼ਨ/ਸਵਾਲ ਪੁੱਛਨਾprśana/savāl pucchanāto ask a question

Conjugation

References

  • Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਪੁੱਛਣਾ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.