Urdu

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Etymology

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Inherited from Prakrit 𑀧𑀼𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀇 (pujjaï), from Sanskrit पूज्यते (pūjyate, to be worshiped, passive form). Related to پُوجا (pūjā, worship, veneration).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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پُوجنا (pūjnā) (Hindi spelling पूजना)

  1. (Hinduism, polytheism) to worship, to idolise
    • مرزا غالب (Mirzā Ġālib) :
      چھوڑوں گا میں نہ اس بتِ کافر کا بغیر
      choṛūṅgā ma͠i na us but-e-kāfir kā pūjnā
      I will not leave off the worship of that idol of the kafirs
  2. (poetry, monotheism) to worship
    Synonym: عِبادَت کَرنا (ibādat karnā)
  3. (rare) to be fulfilled

Conjugation

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

References

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  • پوجنا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • پوجنا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pūjyatē”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 471