اگھیڑنا

Punjabi

Punjabi verb set
اُگَّھڑݨا (uggahṛṇā)
اُگّھڑْواݨا (ugghṛvāṇā)
اُگھیڑنا (ugheṛnā)

Alternative forms

• اُگھیرنا (ughernā)

Etymology

Transitive of اُگَّھڑݨا (ugghaṛṇā), from Prakrit 𑀉𑀕𑁆𑀖𑀟𑀇 (ugghaḍaï), from Sanskrit *उद्घटति (udghaṭati).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: ugḕṛnā IPA^(key): /ʊ.ɡeː˨ɽᵊ.näː/

Verb

اُگھیڑنا • (ugheṛnā) (transitive, Gurmukhi spelling ਉਘੇੜਨਾ)

1. to open (ie. eyes etc.)
2. to open (ie. door etc.)
3. to uncover; reveal (ie. deceit, conspiracy etc.)
4. (informal) to separate corn from cob

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “اُگھیڑن”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਉਘੇੜਨਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*udghaṭati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 92