اگ

Pahari-Potwari

Etymology

Inherited from Old Punjabi ਅਗਿ (agi /⁠aggi⁠/), from Apabhramsa 𑆃𑆓𑇀𑆓𑆴 (aggi), from Prakrit 𑀅𑀕𑁆𑀕𑀺 (aggi), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀅𑀕𑀺 (agi /⁠aggi⁠/), from Sanskrit अग्नि (agní).

Noun

اَگّ (agg) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਅੱਗ)

1. fire

Further reading

More information

• شِیراز ،طاہِر [Tahir, Shiraz] (2016) “اَگ”, in شِیراز اُلُّغات: پوٹھوہارِی لُغَت [śīrāz ulluġāt: poṭhohārī luġat, Pothohari Dictionary] (in Urdu), Peshawar: گَنْدھارا ہِنْدْکو اَکیڈْمِی (gandhārā hindko akeḍmī) [Gandhara Hindko Academy], →ISBN, page 30, column 2.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “agní”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 3

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Punjabi ਅਗਿ (agi /⁠aggi⁠/), from Apabhramsa 𑆃𑆓𑇀𑆓𑆴 (aggi), from Paisaci Prakrit 𑀅𑀕𑁆𑀕𑀺 (aggi), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀅𑀕𑀺 (agi /⁠aggi⁠/), from Sanskrit अग्नि (agní).

Cognates

Cognate with Hindustani آگ / आग (āg) (see 𑀅𑀕𑁆𑀕𑀺 (aggi) for more cognates).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /əɡ.ɡə̆/, [ɐɡ.ɡə̆]

Noun

اَگّ • (agg) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਅੱਗ)

1. fire

   Synonym: آتَش (ātaś)

2. (loosely) flame
3. (figuratively) jealousy
4. (figuratively) anger
5. (figuratively) love

Declension

Declension of اگ
dir. sg.	اَگّ (agg)
dir. pl.	اَگّاں (aggāṉ)
	singular	plural
direct	اَگّ (agg)	اَگّاں (aggāṉ)
oblique	اَگّ (agg)	اَگّاں (aggāṉ)
vocative	اَگّے (agge)	اَگّو (aggo)
ablative	اَگّوں (aggoṉ)	—
locative	اَگّے (agge)	اَگِّیں (aggiīṉ)
instrumental	اَگّے (agge)	اَگِّیں (aggiīṉ)

Further reading

More information

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “اگ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਅੱਗ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “agní”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 3