سانبھنا

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit संभृत (sáṁbhr̥ta).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /sä̃ː˦bᵊ.ɳäː/

Verb

سان٘بھݨا • (sāṉbhṇā) (transitive, Gurmukhi spelling ਸਾਂਭਣਾ)

1. to look after, take care of
2. to maintain
3. to keep in custody (as opposing to losing it)
4. to wrap up; tidy up
5. to raise; bring up (ie. upbringing)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “سانبھن”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਸਾਂਭਣਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sáṁbhr̥ta”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 751