پچھان

Punjabi

Etymology

Verbal noun of پَچھاݨنا (pachāṇnā, “to recognize”), from inherited from Prakrit 𑀧𑀘𑁆𑀘𑀳𑀺𑀬𑀸𑀡𑀇 (paccahiyāṇaï), from Sanskrit प्रत्यभिजानाति (pratyabhijānāti).

Cognates

Cognate with Urdu پَہْچان (pahcān) / Hindi पहचान (pahcān).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /pə.t͡ʃʰäːɳ/, [pɐ.t͡ʃʰä̃ːɳᵊ]
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  • Hyphenation: پَ‧چھاݨ

Noun

پَچھاݨ • (pachāṇ) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਪਛਾਣ)

  1. identity; recognition
    • 2023, Dr.Yusra Sikandar, “Language & Punjabi Language”, in چَھتْنار [chatnār]‎[1], volume 7, Lahore, page 80:
      زبان مخصوص قوم تے علاقے دی پچھان تے مان اے۔
      zabān maxṣūṣ qaum te ʻilāqe dī pachāṇ te māṇ ai.
      Language is the identity and pride of a particular nation and region.
  2. acquaintance, familiarity

Declension

Declension of پچھان
singular plural
direct پَچھاݨ (pachāṇ) پَچھاݨاں (pachāṇāṉ)
oblique پَچھاݨ (pachāṇ) پَچھاݨاں (pachāṇāṉ)
vocative پَچھاݨے (pachāṇe) پَچھاݨو (pachāṇo)
ablative پَچھاݨوں (pachāṇoṉ) پَچھاݨاں (pachāṇāṉ)
locative پَچھاݨی (pachāṇī) پَچھاݨِیں (pachāṇīṉ)
instrumental پَچھاݨِیں (pachāṇīṉ) پَچھاݨے (pachāṇe)

Further reading

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “پچھان”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • “پچھان”, in پنجابی لغت (in Punjabi), Pakistan: Center for Language Engineering, (Can we date this quote?).
  • “ਪਛਾਣ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “pratyabhijānāti”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 487
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