Read a word with its example
Punjabi vocabulary in context
Explore kinship, greetings, counting, calendars, colours, food, farming, directions and expressions through source-linked reading guides.
10 entries · 20 min reading, calculated from article text
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Your reading goal
Keep the headword, its example, the source’s date and any regional or figurative qualification together.
- 01Language · 2 min read
Punjabi kinship vocabulary: relationships and word forms
Read maternal and paternal distinctions in a Shahpur kinship list alongside the changing forms of father, mother and daughter in an 1851 grammar.
- 02Language · 2 min read
Punjabi greetings and introductions: source and setting
Explore three written greetings in a New Zealand public resource, then compare questions about names and home in Wilson’s historical Shahpur grammar.
- 03Language · 2 min read
Punjabi numbers and counting: figures, quantities and order
Distinguish Gurmukhi figures, number names and ordinal positions through two historical grammars, including Shahpur variants and counting conventions.
- 04Language · 2 min read
Punjabi days and months: reading historical calendars
Read relative days, weekday alternatives and approximate month correspondences in historical Punjabi tables without treating them as a date converter.
- 05Language · 2 min read
Punjabi colours and descriptive words: reading the qualifier
Explore colour words and animal-coat qualifications in a Shahpur dictionary, alongside the changing adjective forms of the 1851 Lodiana grammar.
- 06Language · 2 min read
Punjabi food and kitchen words: ingredients, forms and context
Read bread, flour and prepared-food distinctions in a historical Shahpur word list, then examine food examples used to explain Punjabi constructions.
- 07Language · 2 min read
Punjabi farming vocabulary: tools, people and a well
Read field and plough terms in a Shahpur list, a herdsman’s word forms in the Lodiana grammar, and a well’s changing meaning in a teaching dialogue.
- 08Language · 2 min read
Punjabi place and direction words: a historical reading guide
Compare compass terms, rising and setting directions, and local geographical labels in two historical descriptions without turning them into boundary claims.
- 09Language · 2 min read
Punjabi proverbs: reading the image with its explanation
Read how two historical collections explain a proverb’s image, distinguishing an attributed interpretation from a literal scene or practical prediction.
- 10Language · 2 min read
Punjabi idioms and literal translation: reading beyond an image
Compare two attributed turban expressions with respectful reference and an interjected verb in Wilson’s grammar, keeping literal gloss and use distinct.
A question to carry with you
Choose one claim from your reading. Identify its source and locator. What does that source directly establish, and what would need a second source?