Keep two more upper signs distinct

The school dictionary explicitly displays hora in its ਹੋੜਾ entry. Use the vowel-sign sense here rather than the entry’s unrelated objects and restrictions. Locate that shape above the first consonant of the peacock example below, keeping the rest of the word intact while copying.[1]

The separate kanaura entry connects that sign with ਔ. Keep its name separate from kanna, the upright sign studied earlier. Similar-sounding English labels should not lead you to replace one checked written form with another.[2]

Kandola’s orthography discussion places hora and kanaura above their letters and associates them with ਓ and ਔ respectively.[5]

Locate hora in peacock

Maya Singh’s 1895 dictionary records ਮੋਰ for the bird peacock. Find ਮ first, then look at the sign above it before following the final ਰ. Copy the complete spelling and mark the upper sign in your notes. Return to the dictionary’s displayed hora shape to check that your copy preserves the relevant feature rather than a vaguely similar curve.[3]

Locate kanaura in rice

The vocabulary dictionary gives ਚੌਲ for rice, the husked grain of paddy. Find ਚ and compare its upper sign with the one in the peacock word. The surrounding consonants also differ, so identify the sign deliberately rather than choosing from word length. Copy both complete examples, cover their meanings, and then match the rice spelling to the selected meaning used in this lesson.[4]

Your learning objective

Locate hora in ਮੋਰ and kanaura in ਚੌਲ and match the rice example with its checked meaning.

Prerequisites: Complete Gurmukhi lesson 14 before this lesson. Level 15 · Gurmukhi.

Check your understanding

Which checked word is the rice example containing kanaura?

Answer: ਚੌਲ. ਚੌਲ is the checked rice word. ਮੋਰ is the peacock example and contains the different hora sign.

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  1. Joga Singh, editor; Punjabi University Punjabi Kosh (school level). Punjabi reference entry: ਹੋੜਾ ↗institutional dictionary or authored reference entry · Source date: 2014-02-24 (online block; print-edition date not established) · Locator: Exact named school-level Punjabi Kosh block under ਹੋੜਾ, before its author/source/date footer; web posting 2014-02-24 (print publication date not established). Accessed 2026-11-01.Actual complete named school-dictionary block inspected. Selected headword/gloss supplies lexical facts; copying, recognition and quiz directions are original teaching material. Other works on the aggregate page are separately identified.Return to Script form 1 ↑Return to Keep two more upper signs distinct, paragraph 1 ↑
  2. Joga Singh, editor; Punjabi University Punjabi Kosh (school level). Punjabi reference entry: ਕਨੌੜਾ ↗institutional dictionary or authored reference entry · Source date: 2014-02-24 (online block; print-edition date not established) · Locator: Exact named school-level Punjabi Kosh block under ਕਨੌੜਾ, before its author/source/date footer; web posting 2014-02-24 (print publication date not established). Accessed 2026-11-01.Actual complete named school-dictionary block inspected. Selected headword/gloss supplies lexical facts; copying, recognition and quiz directions are original teaching material. Other works on the aggregate page are separately identified.Return to Script form 2 ↑Return to Keep two more upper signs distinct, paragraph 2 ↑
  3. Bhai Maya Singh; Munshi Gulab Singh & Sons. The Panjabi Dictionary (1895): ਮੋਰ ↗historical lexicon, inspected original 1895 text · Source date: 1895 · Locator: Original 1895 edition, printed 759, PDF 771 (one-based); left column, MOR entry near top, distinct from MORU plant in right column. Accessed 2026-11-01.The original printed entry and exact Gurmukhi headword were visually checked. Only the selected supported sense is used. Modern introductions, later additions and digital search results are not substituted for the printed entry.Return to Practice exercise ↑Return to Script form 3 ↑Return to Locate hora in peacock, paragraph 1 ↑
  4. Kirpal Kazak, Punjabi Sabhiachar Shabdavali Kosh; Punjabi University. Punjabi reference entry: ਚੌਲ ↗institutional dictionary or authored reference entry · Source date: 2014-01-24 · Locator: First block: headword and paddy/husked-grain definition, Kazak attribution and 24 January 2014 posting; before Language Department entry. Accessed 2026-11-01.Actual complete named Kazak dictionary block inspected. Only the selected headword/gloss or spelling is used. Original copying, comparison and quiz instructions are not attributed as dictionary prose.Return to Practice exercise ↑Return to Script form 4 ↑Return to Locate kanaura in rice, paragraph 1 ↑
  5. Baldev Singh Kandola; Punjabi Vikas Manch UK. Development of Punjabi technical terminology — conference paper ↗authored conference paper · Source date: 2023 (conference paper; web posting date not established) · Locator: Printed page 4, section 1.2.1: ਹੋੜਾ and ਕਨੌੜਾ paragraphs, ਓ/ਔ associations and above-letter position. Accessed 2026-11-01.Actual 20-page PDF retrieved and specified orthography paragraphs inspected. Conference header dates 29–30 July 2023; URL upload folder is not treated as publication proof. Political framing, universal origin claims, disputed final-vowel rules and unrelated examples are not adopted.Return to Keep two more upper signs distinct, paragraph 3 ↑
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