جھگ

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit *𑀛𑀕𑁆𑀕𑀸 (*jhaggā).

Cognates

Compare Saraiki جَھڳّ (jhag̈g̈), Sindhi جَهڳَ (jhag̠a), and Urdu جھاگ (jhāg) / Hindi झाग (jhāg).

Pronunciation

Noun

جَھگّ • (jhagg) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਝੱਗ)

  1. foam; froth; scum
    • 2000, اَنْوَر چَودَھری [anvar caudharī], سان٘گْا [sāṉgā], Lahore, →OCLC, page 70:
      شاہ نے تلی نال وراچھاں وچوں جھگ پونجھی
      śāh ne talī nāl varāchāṉ viccoṉ jhagg pūṉjhī
      Shah wiped the froth from the corner of his mouth with his palm

Declension

Declension of جھگ
singular plural
direct جَھگّ (jhagg) جَھگّاں (jhaggāṉ)
oblique جَھگّ (jhagg) جَھگّاں (jhaggāṉ)
vocative جَھگّے (jhagge) جَھگّو (jhaggo)
ablative جَھگّوں (jhaggoṉ) جَھگّاں (jhaggāṉ)
locative جَھگّی (jhaggī) جَھگِّیں (jhaggiīṉ)
instrumental جَھگِّیں (jhaggiīṉ) جَھگّے (jhagge)

Further reading

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “جھگ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • “ਝੱਗ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “jhaggā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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