ਲੈਣਾ

Punjabi

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /lɛː.ɳäː/
    • (colloquial, Canada) IPA(key): [ˈlæˑ.ɳə]
  • Hyphenation: ਲੈ‧ਣਾ
  • Rhymes: -äː

Verb

ਲੈਣਾ • (laiṇā) (Shahmukhi spelling لیݨا)

  1. to take
    1. to receive
    2. to acquire
    3. to buy
    4. to get
    5. to obtain
  2. an element of compound verbs
    1. (with transitive verbs) indicates completion
      ਖਾਣਾ ਖ਼ਤਮ ਕਰ ਲਏkhāṇā xatam kar laēThey have (just now) finished their food.
    2. (with transitive verbs) indicates self-benefaction
      Antonym: ਦੇਣਾ (deṇā)
      ਮੈਂ ਗੱਡੀ ਦੇਖ ਲੈਂਦਾ ਹਾਂ ਪਰ ਖ਼ਰੀਦਦਾ ਨਹੀਂ
      maĩ gaḍḍī dekh laindā hā̃ par xarīddā nahī̃
      I take a look at the car, but do not buy it.
      ਪੜ੍ਹ ਲਿਆ ਹਾਂpaṛh liā hā̃I have read (to/for myself)
    3. (with intransitive verbs) indicates internal expression
      ਹੱਸ ਲੈਣਾhassa laiṇāto laugh (internally); be amused

Conjugation