Punjabi edit

Etymology edit

From Sanskrit शर (śará).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

سَرِیا (sariyām (Gurmukhi spelling ਸਰੀਆ)

  1. an iron or metal rod/bar.
    Synonym: سَلاخ (salāx)
  2. steel

Declension edit

Declension of سریا
dir. sg. سَریا (sareyā)
dir. pl. سَریے (sariye)
singular plural
direct سَریا (sareyā) سَریے (sariye)
oblique سَریے (sariye) سَرییاں
vocative سَرییا سَرییو (sarīyv)
ablative سَرییوں (sarīyvṉ)
locative سَریے (sariye)
instrumental سَریے (sariye)

Further reading edit

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