اگھیڑنا

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Punjabi

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Punjabi verb set
اُگَّھڑݨا (uggahṛṇā)
اُگّھڑْواݨا (ugghṛvāṇā)
اُگھیڑنا (ugheṛnā)

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Transitive of اُگَّھڑݨا (ugghaṛṇā), from Prakrit 𑀉𑀕𑁆𑀖𑀟𑀇 (ugghaḍaï), from Sanskrit *उद्घटति (udghaṭati).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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اُگھیڑنا (ugheṛnā) (transitive, Gurmukhi spelling ਉਘੇੜਨਾ)

  1. to open (ie. eyes etc.)
  2. to open (ie. door etc.)
  3. to uncover; reveal (ie. deceit, conspiracy etc.)
  4. (informal) to separate corn from cob

Further reading

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  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “اُگھیڑن”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • ਉਘੇੜਨਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*udghaṭati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 92