پراگا

Punjabi

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

پَراگا • (parāgām (Gurmukhi spelling ਪਰਾਗਾ)

  1. grist; lot; spin; cycle; batch (ie. something that is outputted one at a time, such as one wash in a washing-machine)
  2. collection; compendium; series
    Synonym: مَجْمُوعَہ (majmūʻah)
    • 1996, عبد الرزاق صابر [ʻAbdurrazzāq Ṣābir], بَلوچی اَدَب [balocī adab, Baloch Literature], page 85:
      ادارے ولوں چون٘ویاں لکھتاں دے دو وڈے پراگے "پینج" تے "برمش" توں اڈ درجن دے نیڑے نیڑے کتاباں چھپ چکیاں ہن
      īdāre valloṉ coṇvīyāṉ likhtāṉ de do vaḍḍe parāge "pīṉj" te "baramś" toṉ aḍḍ darjan de neṛe neṛe kitābāṉ chapp cukkiyāṉ han
      The institution has published around a dozen different books from the two major collections of selected writings, "Peenj" and "Bramsh".

Declension

Declension of پراگا
singular plural
direct پَراگا (parāgā) پَراگے (parāge)
oblique پَراگے (parāge) پَراگیاں (parāgeyāṉ)
vocative پَراگیا (parāgeyā) پَراگیو (parāgeyo)
ablative پَراگیوں (parāgeyoṉ)
locative پَراگے (parāge) پَراگِیں (parāgīṉ)
instrumental پَراگے (parāge) پَراگِیں (parāgīṉ)

Further reading

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “پراگا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]
  • ਪਰਾਗਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026
  • پراگا”, in Oxford Punjabi Dictionaries, India: Oxford University Press, 2022