Recognise seen in head

The dictionary records سر for head. Locate س at its beginning before following the final ر. Compare the initial with the displayed isolated form, then copy the complete headword beside its selected meaning. Keep the consonants together while using the English meaning as a memory cue. The exercise later asks for this whole word rather than an isolated alphabet shape.[2]

Compare sheen in prey

The separate entry gives شکار with prey or victim senses; use prey here. Its initial ش has three upper dots, unlike س in the head example. Locate those dots before following the remaining letters. Copy the whole word and retain its internal alif. The dictionary’s related compounds are not interchangeable with the selected main noun, so do not change the exercise meaning to hunting merely from a familiar association.[3]

Your learning objective

Distinguish the four inspected forms inside سر, شکار, صاف and ضرورت and identify the head word.

Prerequisites: Complete Shahmukhi lesson 08 before this lesson. Level 9 · Shahmukhi.

Check your understanding

Which checked word means head?

Answer: سر. سر is the checked head word. شکار supplies the selected prey example and ضرورت the need/requirement example.

Interactive feedback and progress appear when the tools load. Answer evidence: PH-LAN-0059-S2 PH-LAN-0059-S3 PH-LAN-0059-S5

Sources & notes

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  1. M. G. Abbas Malik; 27 th Internationalization and Unicode Conference, Berlin. Towards a Unicode Compatible Punjabi Character Set ↗primary conference paper · Source date: 2005-04 · Locator: Printed p 2, figure 1: isolated س ش ص ض. Accessed 2026-11-01.Actual 9-page PDF inspected; printed pp 2–3 rendered and figures visually checked. Used for specified Punjabi-script observations, not its inconsistent early-history account or a claim that its 2005 proposed repertoire is current Unicode. Chart images are not reproduced.Return to Script form 1 ↑
  2. Kanwal Bashir and Abbas Kazmi; Dunwoody Press, hosted by University of Chicago Digital Dictionaries of South Asia. Punjabi-English Dictionary: sir ↗authored Punjabi dictionary entry · Source date: 2012; digital data updated August 2023 · Locator: Printed p 364, سر headword, head sense. Accessed 2026-11-01.Actual full primary entry body retrieved and the specified spelling, sense or example inspected. This dictionary explicitly targets Pakistani Punjabi; native forms are its published text, not an automatic conversion. Unrelated senses and news examples are not adopted. Roman query keys are index labels, not verified learner pronunciation. Return to Practice exercise ↑Return to Script form 2 ↑Return to Recognise seen in head, paragraph 1 ↑
  3. Kanwal Bashir and Abbas Kazmi; Dunwoody Press, hosted by University of Chicago Digital Dictionaries of South Asia. Punjabi-English Dictionary: shikaar ↗authored Punjabi dictionary entry · Source date: 2012; digital data updated August 2023 · Locator: Printed p 395, شکار headword, prey/victim sense; main noun rather than hunt compound. Accessed 2026-11-01.Actual full primary entry body retrieved and the specified spelling, sense or example inspected. This dictionary explicitly targets Pakistani Punjabi; native forms are its published text, not an automatic conversion. Unrelated senses and news examples are not adopted. Roman query keys are index labels, not verified learner pronunciation. Return to Practice exercise ↑Return to Script form 3 ↑Return to Compare sheen in prey, paragraph 1 ↑
  4. Kanwal Bashir and Abbas Kazmi; Dunwoody Press, hosted by University of Chicago Digital Dictionaries of South Asia. Punjabi-English Dictionary: saaf ↗authored Punjabi dictionary entry · Source date: 2012; digital data updated August 2023 · Locator: Printed p 403, صاف headword, clean/hygienic sense 1. Accessed 2026-11-01.Actual full primary entry body retrieved and the specified spelling, sense or example inspected. This dictionary explicitly targets Pakistani Punjabi; native forms are its published text, not an automatic conversion. Unrelated senses and news examples are not adopted. Roman query keys are index labels, not verified learner pronunciation. Return to Script form 4 ↑Return to Keep the related forms distinct in complete words, paragraph 1 ↑
  5. Kanwal Bashir and Abbas Kazmi; Dunwoody Press, hosted by University of Chicago Digital Dictionaries of South Asia. Punjabi-English Dictionary: zaruurat ↗authored Punjabi dictionary entry · Source date: 2012; digital data updated August 2023 · Locator: Printed p 408, ضرورت headword, need/requirement sense. Accessed 2026-11-01.Actual full primary entry body retrieved and the specified spelling, sense or example inspected. This dictionary explicitly targets Pakistani Punjabi; native forms are its published text, not an automatic conversion. Unrelated senses and news examples are not adopted. Roman query keys are index labels, not verified learner pronunciation. Return to Practice exercise ↑Return to Script form 5 ↑Return to Keep the related forms distinct in complete words, paragraph 2 ↑
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