بجلی

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀯𑀺𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀼𑀮𑀺𑀆 (vijjuliā), from Sanskrit विद्युल्लता (vidyullatā, “forked lightning”), from विद्युत् (vidyut, “lightning”) +‎ लता (latā, “creeper”).

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /bɪd͡ʒᵊ.liː/
• Rhymes: -iː

بِجْلی • (bijlī) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਬਿਜਲੀ)

1. electricity
2. lightning; current

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “بِجلی”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]
• Bashir, Kanwal (2012), “بجلی”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
• “ਬਿਜਲੀ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “vidyullatā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 683

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀯𑀺𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀼𑀮𑀺𑀆 (vijjuliā), from Sanskrit विद्युल्लता (vidyullatā, “forked lightning”), from विद्युत् (vidyut, “lightning”) + लता (latā, “creeper”). Cognate with Odia ବିଜୁଳି (bijuḷi), Gujarati વીજળી (vījaḷī), Nepali बिजुली (bijulī), Assamese বিজুলী (bizuli), Punjabi ਬਿਜਲੀ (bijlī), Sindhi بجلي (bjle).

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /bɪd͡ʒ.liː/
• Rhymes: -iː

بِجْلی • (bijlī) f (Hindi spelling बिजली)

1. electricity
2. lightning

• → Marathi: बिजली (bijlī)
• → Pashto: بجلي
• → Palula: biǰlí

• “بجلی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “بجلی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• Platts, John T. (1884), “bijlī”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 134
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “bij'lī”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 101