Punjabi edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Paisaci Prakrit [Term?] (compare Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀩𑁄𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀤𑀺 (bolladi)). Compare Urdu بولنا, Marathi बोलणे (bolṇe), Bengali বলা (bola).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

بولݨا (bolṇā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਬੋਲਣਾ)

  1. to speak, say
    مَیْں انگریْزی نَئیں بوْلدا آں۔
    maiṉ اngrezī na'īṉ boldā āṉ.
    I cannot speak English.

Conjugation edit

References edit

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “بولن”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • ਬੋਲਣਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024

Urdu edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀩𑁄𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀤𑀺 (bolladi), from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀩𑁄𑀮𑁆𑀮𑁆 (*boll, to speak, utter). Compare Bengali বলা (bola), Assamese বোলা (büla), Marathi बोलणे (bolṇe), Punjabi ਬੋਲਣਾ (bolṇā) / بولݨا (bolṇā).[1] Also compare بُلَانَا (bulānā, to call).

Perhaps further from Sanskrit *बूर्यते (būryate), a metathesized form of ब्रूयते (brūyate), from the root ब्रू (brū, speak, say).[2]

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

بولْنا (bolnā) (Hindi spelling बोलना)

  1. to speak
  2. to tell
  3. to say

Conjugation edit

  • Note: The second-person polite form آپ (āp) (āp) uses the third-person plural conjugation.

References edit

  1. ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*bōll”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
  2. ^ Chatterji, Suniti Kumar (1926) The Origin and Development of the Bengali Language[1], volume 2, Calcutta: Calcutta University Press, page 876

Further reading edit

  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “بولنا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.