چنائی
Punjabi
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- چُݨْوَائی (cuṇvā'ī)
Etymology
[edit]From چُݨ (cuṇ) + ـائی, from چُݨݨا (cuṇṇā), inherited from Prakrit 𑀘𑀼𑀡𑀇 (cuṇaï), from Sanskrit चिनोति (cinṓti).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /t͡ʃʊ.ɳäː.iː/, /t͡ʃo.ɳäː.iː/
Noun
[edit]چُݨائی • (cuṇā'ī) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਚੁਣਾਈ)
- verbal noun of چُݨݨا (cuṇṇā, “to select; pick; plait; pile up”)
- construction; fabrication as well as the wages of a labour
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | چُݨائی (cuṇā'ī) | چُݨائِیاں |
| oblique | چُݨائی (cuṇā'ī) | چُݨائِیاں |
| vocative | چُݨائِیے (cuṇā'iye) | چُݨائِیو (cuṇā'īv) |
| ablative | چُݨائِیوں (cuṇā'īvṉ) | چُݨائِیاں |
| locative | — | — |
| instrumental | — | — |
Further reading
[edit]- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “چُنائی”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- “ਚੁਣਾਈ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “cinṓti”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 261
Categories:
- Punjabi terms derived from Sanskrit
- Punjabi terms derived from the Sanskrit root चि
- Punjabi terms suffixed with ـائی
- Punjabi terms inherited from Prakrit
- Punjabi terms derived from Prakrit
- Punjabi terms inherited from Sanskrit
- Punjabi terms with IPA pronunciation
- Punjabi lemmas
- Punjabi nouns
- Punjabi nouns in Shahmukhi script
- Punjabi feminine nouns
- Punjabi verbal nouns
- Punjabi nouns with declension
- pa:Construction
- pa:Work