Recognise signs with a nasal role

Cheema’s technical entry distinguishes bindi and tippi and includes bindi with kanna among its written uses. These marks matter when reading and copying the checked spellings. The discussion also distinguishes their functions, so do not reduce every occurrence to one unsupported rule about precisely which nasal sound must be pronounced.[1]

Maya Singh’s 1895 dictionary separately identifies tippi as a Gurmukhi nasal sign and displays its shape. Compare that reference with the mark in the mango word below. Recognising a mark’s written identity is the present task; the correct spoken realisation still requires an appropriate listening model.[2]

Keep bindi in the mother spelling

Maya Singh’s 1895 dictionary records ਮਾਂ with the meaning mother. Find ਮ, the following kanna and the small upper dot. Copy the complete checked word and verify that all three written features remain. Use mother as the selected meaning for this spelling exercise.[3]

Find tippi in the mango spelling

The separate entry gives ਅੰਬ for the mango tree and its fruit. Locate the curved upper tippi in the checked spelling, then follow the final ਬ. Compare that mark with the dot in the mother word before matching each example with its meaning. Keep both marks when copying; deleting an unfamiliar feature would stop your copy from reproducing the actual dictionary headword.[4]

Your learning objective

Distinguish the upper marks in ਮਾਂ and ਅੰਬ and identify the checked mango spelling.

Prerequisites: Complete Gurmukhi lesson 15 before this lesson. Level 16 · Gurmukhi.

Check your understanding

Which checked word is the mango example containing tippi?

Answer: ਅੰਬ. ਅੰਬ is the mango example with tippi. ਮਾਂ is the selected mother example and has bindi.

Interactive feedback and progress appear when the tools load. Answer evidence: PH-LAN-0046-S3 PH-LAN-0046-S4

Sources & notes

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  1. Baldev Singh Cheema; Punjabi grammar and linguistics technical terminology reference, Punjabi University. Punjabi reference entry: ਬਿੰਦੀ ↗institutional dictionary or authored reference entry · Source date: 2014-01-21 · Locator: Opening technical entry: nasal-mark distinction, use of bindi with kanna and different functions of tippi; web posting 21 January 2014. Accessed 2026-11-01.Actual named entry inspected in the university-hosted page. Other entries and reader comments on the aggregated topic page are not automatically adopted. Restricted to specified orthographic observations. No single blanket pronunciation rule for every occurrence of tippi; nontechnical forehead-decoration senses are excluded.Return to Recognise signs with a nasal role, paragraph 1 ↑
  2. Bhai Maya Singh; Munshi Gulab Singh & Sons. The Panjabi Dictionary (1895): ਟਿੱਪੀ ↗historical lexicon, inspected original 1895 text · Source date: 1895 · Locator: Original 1895 edition, printed 1141, PDF 1149 (one-based); right column, TIPPI entry. 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 Script form 1 ↑Return to Recognise signs with a nasal role, paragraph 2 ↑
  3. Bhai Maya Singh; Munshi Gulab Singh & Sons. The Panjabi Dictionary (1895): ਮਾਂ ↗historical lexicon, inspected original 1895 text · Source date: 1895 · Locator: Original 1895 edition, printed 716, PDF 728 (one-based); right column, MAN entry (mother), distinct from MAN honour. 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 2 ↑Return to Keep bindi in the mother spelling, paragraph 1 ↑
  4. Bhai Maya Singh; Munshi Gulab Singh & Sons. The Panjabi Dictionary (1895): ਅੰਬ ↗historical lexicon, inspected original 1895 text · Source date: 1895 · Locator: Original 1895 edition, printed 29, PDF 47 (one-based); left column near bottom, AMB entry continuing at top-right. 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 Find tippi in the mango spelling, paragraph 1 ↑
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