Punjabi/Shahmukhi/Lesson 3

Lesson 3 Welcome to Lesson 3. In this lesson, you will be taught row 3: ر ڑ ز ژ س ش ص ض Rē, ṛē, zē, and zhē all change form in the same way. Likewise, the pairs sīn and shīn, and suāt and zuāt change form similarly. (Note: rē, ṛē, zē, and zhē are all non-connectors.) rē - ر Initial ‏‎ ‍ راجا-rājā-king ریٹ-reṭ-rate Medial ہرا-harā-green سںگتری-sangatrī-orange Final اںگور-angūr-grape انار-anār-pomegranate ṛē - ڑ Initial ڑاڑا-ṛāṛā- name for ڑ in gurmukhi script (ੜ) ڑے- ṛē- name for ڑ in shahmukhi script Medial اچیڑنا-ucheṛnā- to separate اکڑو-ukṛū- bent Final اچھڑ-uchhaṛ-pillow cover اوبھڑ-obaṛ-unknown zē - ز Initial زہر-zahir-poison زخم-zakham-wound Medial ازل- azl-death آزاد-azād- independent Final اںگری‍ز-angrez-Englishman تربوز-tarbūz-watermelon zhē - ژ Initial ژے-zhē-name for ژ in shahmukhi script Medial -ژ- Final ز- sīn - س Initial سسّ-sass-mother-in-law سیب-sēb-apple Medial استاد-ustad-teacher پاکستان-pākistān-Pakistan Final اداس-adās-sad اسیس-asīs-blessing shīn - ش Initial شستر-shastar-weapon شہادت-shahādat-martyrdom Medial اشا-ushā-dawn Final ادیش-udēsh-goal, purpose suāt - ص Initial صحرا-sahirā-desert Medial عرصـہ‏-arsah-span of time‎ Final خالص-khāls-pure zuāt - ض Initial ضرور-zarūr- surely, of course Medial وضو-vuzū-wudhu (ablution before muslim prayer) Final قمیض-qamīz-shirt