ਸੱਜਣ
Punjabi
Etymology
Inherited from Old Punjabi ਸਜੱਨ / سجن (sjn /sajjan/), from Prakrit 𑀲𑀚𑁆𑀚𑀡 (sajjaṇa), from Sanskrit सज्जन (sajjana, “good man”), from सत् (sát) + जन (jána). Cognate with Saraiki سَجَّݨ (sajjaṇ) / सज्जण (sajjaṇ), Sindhi سَڄَڻُ (saj̄aṇu), Marathi साजण (sājaṇ) and Hindustani साजन (sājan) / ساجَن (sājan).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /səd͡ʒ.d͡ʒəɳᵊ/
Adjective
ਸੱਜਣ • (sajjaṇ) (comparative m, Shahmukhi spelling سَجَّݨ)
Noun
ਸੱਜਣ • (sajjaṇ) m (Shahmukhi spelling سَجَّݨ)
- (poetic) lover; beloved
- friend, companion, gentleman
- husband
- (formal, often in the vocative) dear, respected (people)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | ਸੱਜਣ (sajjaṇ) | ਸੱਜਣ (sajjaṇ) |
| oblique | ਸੱਜਣ (sajjaṇ) | ਸੱਜਣਾਂ (sajjaṇā̃) |
| vocative | ਸੱਜਣਾ (sajjaṇā) | ਸੱਜਣੋ (sajjaṇo) |
| ablative | ਸੱਜਣੋਂ (sajjaṇõ) | — |
| locative | ਸੱਜਣੇ (sajjaṇe) | ਸੱਜਣੀਂ (sajjaṇī̃) |
| instrumental | ਸੱਜਣੇ (sajjaṇe) | ਸੱਜਣੀਂ (sajjaṇī̃) |
Related terms
- ਸਜਣਾਈ f (sajṇāī, “friendship”)
Further reading
- “ਸੱਜਣ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026
- Singh, Bhai Maya (1895), “ਸੱਜਣ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “سجّن”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]
- Bashir, Kanwal (2012), “ਸੱਜਣ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
- “ਸੱਜਣ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “sajjana”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 757