ਗਿਰਜਾ

Punjabi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₁eǵʰs

Proto-Hellenic *eks

Ancient Greek ἐκ (ek)

Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁-der.

Ancient Greek καλέω (kaléō)

Ancient Greek ἐκκαλέω (ekkaléō)

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Ancient Greek -τος (-tos)

Ancient Greek ἔκκλητος (ékklētos)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂

Proto-Hellenic *-íā

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)

Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía)bor.

Latin ecclēsiaslbor.

Old Galician-Portuguese igreja

Portuguese igrejabor.

Hindi गिरजा (girjā)bor.

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Portuguese igrejabor.

Urdu گِرْجا (girjā)bor.

Punjabi ਗਿਰਜਾ

Borrowed from Hindi गिरजा (girjā) and/or Urdu گِرْجا (girjā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /ɡɪɾ.d͡ʒäː/, [ˈɡɪɾ.d͡ʒäː]

Noun

ਗਿਰਜਾ • (girjā) m (Shahmukhi spelling گرجا)

1. church

   Synonym: ਚਰਚ (carac)

Declension

Declension of ਗਿਰਜਾ

	singular	plural
direct	ਗਿਰਜਾ (girjā)	ਗਿਰਜੇ (girje)
oblique	ਗਿਰਜੇ (girje)	ਗਿਰਜਿਆਂ (girjiā̃)
vocative	ਗਿਰਜਿਆ (girjiā)	ਗਿਰਜਿਓ (girjio)
ablative	ਗਿਰਜਿਓਂ (girjiõ)	—
locative	ਗਿਰਜੇ (girje)	—
instrumental	ਗਿਰਜੇ (girje)	—

References

• “ਗਿਰਜਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026