پچھان
Punjabi
Etymology
Verbal noun of پَچھاݨنا (pachāṇnā, “to recognize”), from inherited from Prakrit 𑀧𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀳𑀺𑀬𑀸𑀡𑀇 (paccahiyāṇaï), from Sanskrit प्रत्यभिजानाति (pratyabhijānāti).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /pə.t͡ʃʰäːɳ/, [pɐ.t͡ʃʰä̃ːɳᵊ]
Audio (India): (file) - Hyphenation: پَ‧چھاݨ
Noun
پَچھاݨ • (pachāṇ) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਪਛਾਣ)
- identity; recognition
- 2023, Dr.Yusra Sikandar, “Language & Punjabi Language”, in چَھتْنار [chatnār][1], volume 7, Lahore, archived from the original on 16 June 2024, page 80:
- زبان مخصوص قوم تے علاقے دی پچھان تے مان اے۔
- zabān maxṣūṣ qaum te ʻilāqe dī pachāṇ te māṇ ai.
- Language is the identity and pride of a particular nation and region.
- acquaintance, familiarity
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | پَچھاݨ (pachāṇ) | پَچھاݨاں (pachāṇāṉ) |
| oblique | پَچھاݨ (pachāṇ) | پَچھاݨاں (pachāṇāṉ) |
| vocative | پَچھاݨے (pachāṇe) | پَچھاݨو (pachāṇo) |
| ablative | پَچھاݨوں (pachāṇoṉ) | — |
| locative | پَچھاݨی (pachāṇī) | پَچھاݨِیں (pachāṇīṉ) |
| instrumental | پَچھاݨے (pachāṇe) | پَچھاݨِیں (pachāṇīṉ) |
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “پچھان”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]
- “پچھان”, in پنجابی لغت (in Punjabi), Pakistan: Center for Language Engineering, (Can we date this quote?).
- “ਪਛਾਣ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “pratyabhijānāti”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 487