ਸੂਆ

Punjabi

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit सूची (sūcī). Doublet of ਸੂਈ (sūī).

Noun

ਸੂਆ • (sūā) m (Shahmukhi spelling سُوئا)

1. a large needle
2. an eye or canine tooth
3. the canine tooth of a dog
4. a turner's spindle
5. sprout, shoot
6. grass blade

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱewk-der.?

Sanskrit शुक॑ (śúka)

Ashokan Prakrit 𑀲𑀼𑀓 (suka)

Prakrit 𑀲𑀼𑀅 (sua)

Punjabi ਸੂਆ (sūā)

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀲𑀼𑀅 (sua) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit शुक॑ (śúka, “parrot”).

Noun

ਸੂਆ • (sūā) m (Shahmukhi spelling سُوئا)

1. parrot

References

• Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਸੂਆ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.