سدنا

Punjabi

Punjabi verb set
سَدّݨا (saddṇā)
سَدْوَاݨا (sadvāṇā)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit शब्दयति (śabdayati). Cognate with Saraiki سَݙَّݨ (saḏḏaṇ) and Sindhi سَڏَڻُ (saḍ̠aṇu).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /səd̪.d̪ə̆ɳäː/

Verb

سَدّݨا • (saddṇā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਸੱਦਣਾ)

1. to invite
2. to call, summon
3. to send for

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “سدّن”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਸੱਦਣਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śabdayati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 713