سورج

Punjabi

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit सूर्य (sū́rya).

Noun

سورج • (sūraj) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਸੂਰਜ)

1. (astronomy) sun

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Old Hindi سُورج (sūraj), a semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit सूर्य (sū́rya). First attested in 1435 A.D.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /suː.ɾəd͡ʒ/

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• Rhymes: -əd͡ʒ

Noun

سُورَج • (sūraj) m (Hindi spelling सूरज)

1. (astronomy) Sun, sun

   Synonyms: آفْتاب (āftāb), خورْشِید (xorśīd), سُورِیَہ (sūriya), شَمْس (śams)

2. sunshine

Declension

Declension of سورج
	singular	plural
direct	سُورَج (sūraj)	سُورَج (sūraj)
oblique	سُورَج (sūraj)	سُورَجوں (sūrajō̃)
vocative	سُورَج (sūraj)	سُورَجو (sūrajō)

Further reading

• “سورج”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “سورج”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “سورج”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.