پراندا

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit प्रान्त (prānta).

Pronunciation

Noun

پَرانْدا • (parāndām (Gurmukhi spelling ਪਰਾਂਦਾ)

  1. parti-coloured yarn used by women for tying up their hair.

Declension

Declension of پراندا
singular plural
direct پَرانْدا (parāndā) پَرانْدے (parānde)
oblique پَرانْدے (parānde) پَرانْدیاں (parāndeyāṉ)
vocative پَرانْدیا (parāndeyā) پَرانْدیو (parāndeyo)
ablative پَرانْدیوں (parāndeyoṉ)
locative پَرانْدے (parānde) پَرانْدِیں (parāndīṉ)
instrumental پَرانْدے (parānde) پَرانْدِیں (parāndīṉ)

Descendants

  • Urdu: پَرَانْدَہ (parānda)

Further reading

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “پراندا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]
  • ਪਰਾਂਦਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “prānta”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 501