سرگھی
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Etymology
Corrupted from Classical Persian سَحَرْگَاهِی (sahargāhī), from سَحَرْگَاه (sahargāh) + ـی (-ī). Compare Gujarati સરગી (sargī).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /ˈsə˦˥ɾᵊ.ɡiː(˥˩)/
- (atonal dialects) IPA(key): /ˈsəɾᵊ.ɡʱiː/
Noun
سَرگھی • (sarghī) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਸਰਘੀ)
- predawn meal taken before fasting; suhur
- (Islam) fajr
- Synonyms: دَھمّی دی نَماز (dhammī dī namāz), فَجر (fajr), فَجرا (fajrā)
Usage notes
The first sense is not exclusive to Islam.
Declension
| Declension of سرگھی | ||
|---|---|---|
| dir. sg. | سَرگھی (sarghī) | |
| dir. pl. | سَرگھِیاں (sarghīyāṉ) | |
| singular | plural | |
| direct | سَرگھی (sarghī) | سَرگھِیاں (sarghīyāṉ) |
| oblique | سَرگھی (sarghī) | سَرگھِیاں (sarghīyāṉ) |
| vocative | سَرگھِیے (sarghiye) | سَرگھِیو (sarghīv) |
| ablative | سَرگھِیوں (sarghīvṉ) | سَرگھِیاں (sarghīyāṉ) |
| locative | — | — |
| instrumental | — | — |
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
- سَرگھی ویࣇا (sarghī veḷā, “predawn”)
- سَرگھی دی نَماز (sarghī dī namāz, “fajr prayer”)
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