وجنا

Punjabi

Punjabi verb set
وَجّݨا (vajjṇā)
وَجاݨا (vajāṇā)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit वाद्यते (vādyate).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /ʋəd͡ʒˑᵊ.ɳäː/

Verb

وَجّݨا • (vajjṇā) (transitive, Gurmukhi spelling ਵੱਜਣਾ)

1. to sound, to chime
2. to ring
3. (time) to hit the hour
4. to be struck, to collide
5. to get hit, smash
6. to be shut (of a door)
7. to be played (of musical instruments)

Further reading

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