Take in the complete checked statement

The line displayed above is numbered example 11 in Agnihotri’s punctuation entry. Follow its six written words in order, preserving the spaces, upper marks and final danda. Read it first as a complete source example, then return to the individual vocabulary below. The personal name belongs to the reference’s teaching sentence; the line does not document a real person’s family or occupation.[1]

Build meaning from the checked vocabulary

Kazak’s entry supplies ਭਰਾ with a brother or related family-relationship sense. Locate that word in the statement and keep its following space. It identifies a family relationship, which is different from the occupation asked about in the exercise. Copy the complete word without separating its vowel sign from its consonant.[2]

The Mahan Kosh entry gives ਡਾਕਟਰ with a physician sense. Locate the same spelling in the statement, then compare it with the family word. Use doctor as the selected occupation meaning here. The selected dictionary sense identifies an occupation, while the neighbouring family word identifies a relationship; keep those roles distinct when reading the statement.[3]

Check the description before answering

Maya Singh’s 1895 dictionary includes an elder sense for ਵੱਡਾ, alongside size and other senses. In this family context it helps describe the brother. Retain its addak while copying, and return to the full line after checking the vocabulary. For the final exercise, choose the word naming the occupation rather than the word naming the relationship.[4]

Your learning objective

Read the source statement as a whole and identify which checked word names the occupation.

Prerequisites: Complete Gurmukhi lesson 19 before this lesson. Level 20 · Gurmukhi.

Check your understanding

Which checked word in the statement names the occupation?

Answer: ਡਾਕਟਰ. ਡਾਕਟਰ names the selected doctor occupation. ਭਰਾ identifies the family relationship, so it does not answer the occupation question.

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Sources & notes

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  1. Ved Agnihotri; Children’s Encyclopedia of Language, Literature and Culture, Punjabi University. Punjabi reference entry: ਵਿਸ਼ਰਾਮ ਚਿੰਨ੍ਹ ↗institutional dictionary or authored reference entry · Source date: 2014-01-20 · Locator: Numbered example 11: statement ending in danda; preceding paragraph on statement punctuation. 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. Exact full statement displayed once in nativeForms. Source sentence is a grammatical example, not evidence about a real named person. Same authored entry as lesson 19: combined derivation≤200 words and combined verbatim≤25 words.Return to Script form 1 ↑Return to Take in the complete checked statement, paragraph 1 ↑
  2. Kirpal Kazak, Punjabi Sabhiachar Shabdavali Kosh; Punjabi University. Punjabi reference entry: ਭਰਾ ↗institutional dictionary or authored reference entry · Source date: 2014-01-24 · Locator: Actual web lines17–24 first block: family relationship; school-level homograph/pile sense and Hazara Singh’s filled sense are different blocks. 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 2 ↑Return to Build meaning from the checked vocabulary, paragraph 1 ↑
  3. Bhai Kahn Singh Nabha; Language Department Punjab, Patiala, 1981 photo-offset publisher. Gurushabad Ratnakar Mahan Kosh: ਡਾਕਟਰ (original text; 1981 photographic reproduction) ↗historical dictionary text in inspected photographic reproduction · Source date: 1981 · Locator: 1981 print559, left column, ਡਾਕਟਰ sense2; source PH-LAN-0050-S3; zero-based leaf 644, PDF page 645; physical imprint leaf5/PDF6 and reproduction declaration leaf7/PDF8. Accessed 2026-11-01.The exact main-text headword and selected lexical sense were visually inspected in the photographic reproduction. The edition identifies the main text as a reproduction of the first four-volume work; later appendix and prefatory commentary are not the vocabulary source. The lesson directions and exercises are original teaching material, not a quotation from the dictionary.Return to Practice exercise ↑Return to Script form 3 ↑Return to Build meaning from the checked vocabulary, paragraph 2 ↑
  4. Bhai Maya Singh; Munshi Gulab Singh & Sons. The Panjabi Dictionary (1895): ਵੱਡਾ ↗historical lexicon, inspected original 1895 text · Source date: 1895 · Locator: Original 1895 edition, printed 1181, PDF 1189 (one-based); right column near bottom, WADDA/WADDI 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 4 ↑Return to Check the description before answering, paragraph 1 ↑
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