سانبھنا

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Punjabi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Sanskrit संभृत (sáṁbhr̥ta).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

سان٘بھݨا (sāṉbhṇā) (transitive, Gurmukhi spelling ਸਾਂਭਣਾ)

  1. to look after, take care of
  2. to maintain
  3. to keep in custody (as opposing to losing it)
  4. to wrap up; tidy up
  5. to raise; bring up (ie. upbringing)

Further reading[edit]

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “سانبھن”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • ਸਾਂਭਣਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sáṁbhr̥ta”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 751