ਸੁਵਰਨ

See also: ਸਵਰਨ

Old Punjabi

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *h₁wes-
    Proto-Indo-European *h₁wésus?
    Proto-Indo-European *h₁es-?
    Proto-Indo-European *h₁su-
    Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hsu-
    Sanskrit सु- (su-)
    Proto-Indo-Iranian *wárnas
    Sanskrit वर्ण (varṇa)
    Sanskrit सुवर्ण (suvarṇa)bor.
    Old Punjabi ਸੁਵਰਨ (suvarana)

    Borrowed from Sanskrit ਸੁਵਰ੍ਣ (suvarṇa). Related to ਸੁਇਨਾ (suinā), ਸੋਇਨੁ (soinu), ਸੋਵੰਨੁ (sovannu).

    Noun

    ਸੁਵਰਨ (suvarana)[1][2]

    1. gold
      Synonyms: ਸੁਇਨਾ (suinā), ਸੋਵੰਨੁ (sovannu)
      • 1604, Guru Arjan, Ādi Granth ang 276:
        ਕਈ ਕੋਟਿ ਗਿਰੀ ਮੇਰ ਸੁਵਰਨ ਥੀਵੇ ॥
        kaī koṭi girī mera suvarana thīve.
        • 1972 translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa
          Many millions of hills and mountains have been made of gold.

    Descendants

    • Punjabi: savarn
      Gurmukhi script: ਸਵਰਨ
      Shahmukhi script: سَوَرن
    • Saraiki:
      Devanagari script: सुवरण (suvarṇ)
      Multani script: 𑊥𑊤𑊢𑊕 (svrṇ /⁠suvarṇ⁠/)

    References

    1. ^ Surindar Singh Kohli (1996) “ਸੁਵਰਨ”, in Dictionary of the Guru Granth Sahib, 1st edition, Amritsar: Singh Brothers, →ISBN, page 327, column 1; republished Amritsar, 2005.
    2. ^ “ਸੁਵਰਨ”, in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Dictionary, SriGranth.org, 2025
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