ਕਾਰਨ
Punjabi edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Punjabi ਕਾਰਣੁ (kāraṇu).
Noun edit
ਕਾਰਨ • (kāran) m (Shahmukhi spelling کارَن)
- cause, reason
- ਮੈਨੂੰ ਇੱਕ ਕਾਰਨ ਦੱਸੋ।
- mainū̃ ikka kāran dasso.
- Give me a reason why.
- (literally, “Tell me a reason.”)
Further reading edit
- Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਕਾਰਨ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kāraṇa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 156