ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ

An Indo-Aryan innovation, from ਸ਼ੁੱਕਰ (śukkar) +‎ -ਈਆ (-īā). Compare Bengali শুকরিয়া (śukriẏa), Dhivehi ޝުކުރިއްޔާ (šukuriyyā), Hindi शुक्रिया (śukriyā) / Urdu شُکْرِیَہ (śukriya) (see Arabic شُكْر (šukr) for all cognates).

Not borrowed from Arabic شُكْرِيَّة (šukriyya) nor from Persian شکریه (šokriyye), which do not have such meanings.

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /ʃʊk.ɾi.jaː/
• (rustic) IPA^(key): /ʃʊ.kə̆.ɾi.jaː/

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ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ • (śukrīā) (Shahmukhi spelling شکریہ)

1. thank you

   Synonym: ਧੰਨਵਾਦ (dhannvād)

• “ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026