Saraiki

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit शब्दयति (śabdayati). Cognate with Punjabi سَدّݨا (saddṇā) and Sindhi سَڏَڻُ (saḍ̠aṇu).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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سَݙَّݨ (saḏḏaṇ) (transitive)

  1. to call, shout
  2. to invite

References

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  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śabdayati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 713
  • سݙݨ”, in Dictionary of the Jatki Or Western Panjábi Language, United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis, 2019 (originally published in 1900), →ISBN, page 190