ਸੰਝ

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit संध्या (saṃdhyā). Doublet of ਸੰਧਿਆ (sandhiā).

Pronunciation

Noun

ਸੰਝ • (sañjhf (Shahmukhi spelling سَن٘جھ)

  1. evening, twilight thereof
    Synonyms: ਤਰਕਲਾਂ (tarkalā̃), ਆਥੋਂ (āthõ), ਸਿਪਹਿਰ (siphir)

Declension

Declension of ਸੰਝ
singular plural
direct ਸੰਝ (sañjh) ਸੰਝਾਂ (sañjhā̃)
oblique ਸੰਝ (sañjh) ਸੰਝਾਂ (sañjhā̃)
vocative ਸੰਝੇ (sañjhe) ਸੰਝੋ (sañjho)
ablative ਸੰਝੋਂ (sañjhõ)
locative ਸੰਝੇ (sañjhe) ਸੰਝੀਂ (sañjhī̃)
instrumental ਸੰਝੇ (sañjhe) ਸੰਝੀਂ (sañjhī̃)
  • ਲੌਢਾ ਵੇਲਾ (lauḍhā velā, period of decreasing light, after midday), ਛੋਟਾ ਵੇਲਾ (choṭā velā)

References

  • Singh, Bhai Maya (1895), “ਸੰਝ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “saṁdhyā́”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 749