Punjabi

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit सम (samá).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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سَوَلّا or سُوَلّا (savallā or suvallā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਸੁਵੱਲਾ)

  1. cheap; inexpensive
    Synonym: سَسْتا (sastā)
  2. clean, good (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
  3. easy (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
  4. close (Can we verify(+) this sense?)

Declension

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Declension of سولا
masculine feminine
singular plural singular plural
direct سَوَلّا (savallā) سَوَلّے (savalle) سَوَلّی (savallī) سَوَلّیاں (savallīyāṉ)
oblique سَوَلّے (savalle) سَوَلّیْاں (savalliyāṉ) سَوَلّی (savallī) سَوَلّیاں (savallīyāṉ)

Further reading

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  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “سوَلّا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • ਸੁਵੱਲਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “samá¹”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 762