ਚੌਗੁਣਾ

Punjabi

Alternative forms

• ਚੌਣਾ (cauṇā)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Sanskrit चतुर्गुण (caturguṇa)

Prakrit 𑀘𑀉𑀕𑁆𑀕𑀼𑀡 (caügguṇa)

Punjabi ਚੌਗੁਣਾ (cauguṇā)

Inherited from Old Punjabi ਚਉਣਾ (cauṇā), from Prakrit 𑀘𑀉𑀕𑁆𑀕𑀼𑀡 (caügguṇa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit चतुर्गुण (cáturguṇa).

Adjective

ਚੌਗੁਣਾ • (cauguṇā) (Shahmukhi spelling چَوگُݨا)

1. quadruple, fourfold

Declension

Declension of ਚੌਗੁਣਾ
	masculine			feminine
	singular	plural		singular	plural
direct	ਚੌਗੁਣਾ (cauguṇā)	ਚੌਗੁਣੇ (cauguṇe)		ਚੌਗੁਣੀ (cauguṇī)	ਚੌਗੁਣੀਆਂ (cauguṇīā̃)
oblique	ਚੌਗੁਣੇ (cauguṇe)	ਚੌਗੁਣਿਆਂ (cauguṇiā̃)		ਚੌਗੁਣੀ (cauguṇī)	ਚੌਗੁਣੀਆਂ (cauguṇīā̃)

References

• Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਚੌਗੁਣਾ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons, page 202.
• “ਚੌਗੁਣਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “cáturguṇa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 249