ਜੂਝਣਾ

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindustani جُوجْھنا (jūjhnā) / जूझना (jūjhnā). Displaced native *ਜੁੱਝਣਾ (*jujjhaṇā), from whence ਜੁੱਝ (jujjha).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [d͡ʒuː˦d͡ʒᵊɳaː]

Verb

ਜੂਝਣਾ • (jūjhṇā) (Shahmukhi spelling جُوجھݨا)

  1. to fight, to battle, to be killed in battle

Conjugation

References

  • Singh, Bhai Maya (1895), “ਜੂਝਣਾ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons, page 518.
  • ਜੂਝਣਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “yúdhyatē”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 607