Punjabi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Urdu برنڈا (baranḍā).

Noun

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بَراݨڈا (barāṇḍām (Gurmukhi spelling ਬਰਾਂਡਾ)

  1. (architecture) veranda

Declension

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Declension of برانڈا
dir. sg. بَراݨڈا (barāṇḍā)
dir. pl. بَراݨڈے (barāṇḍe)
singular plural
direct بَراݨڈا (barāṇḍā) بَراݨڈے (barāṇḍe)
oblique بَراݨڈے (barāṇḍe) بَراݨڈیْاں (barāṇḍiyāṉ)
vocative بَراݨڈیْا (barāṇḍiyā) بَراݨڈیو (barāṇḍeyo)
ablative بَراݨڈیوں (barāṇḍeyoṉ) بَراݨڈیْاں (barāṇḍiyāṉ)
locative بَراݨڈِیں (barāṇḍīṉ)
instrumental بَراݨڈے (barāṇḍe)

Further reading

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  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “برانڈا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • ਬਰਾਂਡਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “varaṇḍá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 660