جگ

Old Punjabi

Noun

جُگ (jug) m (Gurmukhi ਜੁਗ)

1. era, time

Punjabi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒə.ɡə̆/, /d͡ʒəɡ.ɡə̆/

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Sanskrit *जगाति (jagāti)

Sanskrit जगत् (jagat)slbor.

Punjabi جگ (jg)

Semi-learned borrowing from Sanskrit जगत् (jagat).

Noun

جَگ or جَگّ • (jag or jagg) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਜਗ or ਜੱਗ)

1. world

   Synonyms: جَہان (jahān), دُنِیا (dunīyā)

2. creation

   Synonym: خَلْقَت (xalqat)

Declension

Declension of جگ

	singular	plural
direct	جَگّ (jagg)	جَگّ (jagg)
oblique	جَگّ (jagg)	جَگّاں (jaggāṉ)
vocative	جَگّا (jaggā)	جَگّو (jaggo)
ablative	جَگّوں (jaggoṉ)	جَگّاں (jaggāṉ)
locative	جَگّے (jagge)	جَگِّیں (jaggiīṉ)
instrumental	جَگّوں (jaggoṉ)	–

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English jug.

Noun

جَگ or جَگّ • (jag or jagg) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਜਗ or ਜੱਗ)

1. jug (ie. a jug of water)

Declension

Declension of جگ

	singular	plural
direct	جَگّ (jagg)	جَگّ (jagg)
oblique	جَگّ (jagg)	جَگّاں (jaggāṉ)
vocative	جَگّا (jaggā)	جَگّو (jaggo)
ablative	جَگّوں (jaggoṉ)	جَگّاں (jaggāṉ)
locative	جَگّے (jagge)	جَگِّیں (jaggiīṉ)
instrumental	جَگّوں (jaggoṉ)	–

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “جگ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “جگّ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “jágat”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Shina

Noun

جگ (jag)

1. people

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from English jug.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəɡ/
• Rhymes: -əɡ

Noun

جَگ • (jag) m (Hindi spelling जग)

1. jug