ਸਵੇਰ

• ਸਵੇਰਾ (saverā)

Inherited from Sanskrit *सवेल (*savela, “early”). See more at वेला (velā). Cognate with Hindi सवेरा (saverā), Nepali सबेर (sabera), Gujarati સવેળા (saveḷā).

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /sə.ʋeːɾ/, [sə.ˈʋeːɾ(ə̆)]

• (colloquial) IPA^(key): [sə̆.ˈʋeːɾ(ə̆)]
• (Canada, colloquial) IPA^(key): [sweːɾ]

ਸਵੇਰ • (saver) m (Shahmukhi spelling سویر)

1. morning
   • Guru Granth Sahib, Bhagat Ravidas, translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa, ang 794:

     ਭਾਈ ਬੰਧ ਕੁਟੰਬ ਸਹੇਰਾ ਉਇ ਭੀ ਲਾਗੇ ਕਾਢ ਸਵੇਰਾ

     bhāī bandha kuṭamba saherā ui bhī lāge kāḍha saverā

     Even relatives, family and friends begin to say, take his body out, (first thing in the) morning

   Antonyms: ਤਰਕਲਾਂ (tarkalā̃), ਸੰਝ (sañjh), ਆਥੋਂ (āthõ)

• ਸਵੇਰੇ (savere, “in the morning”) (locative case)
• ਸਵੇਲਾ (savelā, “early, in good time”)
• ਝਲਾਂਗ m (jhalāṅg, “pre-dawn”)
• ਅਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਵੇਲਾ m (amrit velā, “pre-dawn”)
• ਪਹੁ f (pahu, “dawn”)
• ਸਾਝਰਾ m (sājhrā, “daybreak”)
• ਤੜਕਾ m (taṛkā, “crack of dawn”)
• ਵੱਡਾ ਵੇਲਾ m (vaḍḍā velā, “morning, period of increasing daylight, before noon”)
• ਧੰਮੀ ਵੇਲਾ m (dhammī velā, “early morning”)

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “*savēla”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 767
• “ਸਵੇਰ”, in Punjabipedia [ਪੰਜਾਬੀਪੀਡੀਆ] (in Punjabi), Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026