سرگھی

Punjabi

Etymology

Corrupted from Classical Persian سَحَرْگَاهِی (sahargāhī), from سَحَرْگَاه (sahargāh) +‎ ـی (-ī). Compare Gujarati સરગી (sargī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /ˈsə˦˥ɾᵊ.ɡiː(˥˩)/
• (atonal dialects) IPA^(key): /ˈsəɾᵊ.ɡʱiː/

Noun

سَرگھی • (sarghī) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਸਰਘੀ)

1. predawn meal taken before fasting; suhur
2. (Islam) fajr

   Synonyms: دَھمّی دی نَماز (dhammī dī namāz), فَجر (fajr), فَجرا (fajrā)

Usage notes

The first sense is not exclusive to Islam.

Declension

Declension of سرگھی

	singular	plural
direct	سَرگھی (sarghī)	سَرگھِیاں (sarghīyāṉ)
oblique	سَرگھی (sarghī)	سَرگھِیاں (sarghīyāṉ)
vocative	سَرگھِیے (sarghiye)	سَرگھِیو (sarghīv)
ablative	سَرگھِیوں (sarghīvṉ)	سَرگھِیاں (sarghīyāṉ)
locative	—	—
instrumental	—	—

Coordinate terms

• پیشِیں (peśīṉ, “dhuhr”)
• ڈِیگَر (ḍīgar, “afternoon, asr”)
• نَماشاں (namāśāṉ, “maghrib”)
• خُفتاں (xuftāṉ, “isha”)

Derived terms

• سَرگھی ویࣇا (sarghī veḷā, “predawn”)
• سَرگھی دی نَماز (sarghī dī namāz, “fajr prayer”)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “سرگھی”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਸਰਘੀ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
• Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਸਰਘੀ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.