بھنگڑا

Punjabi

Etymology

From بَھن٘گ (bhaṉg, “hemp”) +‎ ـڑا (-ṛā). Compare Hindi भाँगड़ा (bhāṅgṛā).

Pronunciation

(Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: pàṅgăṛā IPA^(key): /pə˨ŋ.ɡə̆ɽäː/
Audio (India): (file)
Rhymes: -äː

Noun

بَھن٘گْڑا • (bhaṉgṛā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਭੰਗੜਾ)

bhangra

Declension

Declension of **بھنگڑا**
	singular	plural
direct	بَھن٘گْڑا (bhaṉgṛā)	بَھن٘گْڑے (bhaṉgṛe)
oblique	بَھن٘گْڑے (bhaṉgṛe)	بَھن٘گْڑیاں (bhaṉgṛeyāṉ)
vocative	بَھن٘گْڑیا (bhaṉgṛeyā)	بَھن٘گْڑیو (bhaṉgṛeyo)
ablative	بَھن٘گْڑیوں (bhaṉgṛeyoṉ)	—
locative	بَھن٘گْڑے (bhaṉgṛe)	بَھن٘گْڑِیں (bhaṉgṛīṉ)
instrumental	بَھن٘گْڑے (bhaṉgṛe)	بَھن٘گْڑِیں (bhaṉgṛīṉ)

Descendants

→ English: bhangra
→ Urdu: بھنگڑا (bhaṅgṛā)

Further reading

Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “بھنگڑا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]
“بھنگڑا”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026