سدا

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Punjabi[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit सदा (sadā).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

سَدا (sadā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਸਦਾ)

  1. always; perpetually, continually
    Synonym: ہَمیشَہ (hameśah)

Further reading[edit]

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “سدا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • ਸਦਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024

Etymology 2[edit]

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀲𑀤𑁆𑀤 (sadda), from Sanskrit शब्द (śábda). Doublet of شَبْد (śabd)

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

سَدّا (saddām (Gurmukhi spelling ਸੱਦਾ)

  1. invitation; invite
  2. a shout; cry, call
  3. a beggar's call for alms
Declension[edit]
Declension of سدا
dir. sg. سَدّا (saddā)
dir. pl. سَدّے (sadde)
singular plural
direct سَدّا (saddā) سَدّے (sadde)
oblique سَدّے (sadde) سَدّیاں
vocative سَدّیا سَدّیو (saddīv)
ablative سَدّیوں (saddīvṉ)
locative سَدّے (sadde)
instrumental سَدّے (sadde)
Further reading[edit]
  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “سدّا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • ਸੱਦਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śábda”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 712

Urdu[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit सदा (sadā).

Adverb[edit]

سَدا (sadā) (Hindi spelling सदा)

  1. always
  2. perpetually, continually
  3. forever, eternally
  4. night and day, to end of chapter

Synonyms[edit]