Panjabi: Perso-Arabic script

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Pvitr

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Hello All

I believe that the Perso-Arabic script used for Panjabi in W.Panjab has duplicate letters (for historical legacy reasons?).

I would like to know whether, when spelling a native Panjabi word, is there a default letter which is always used (out of the choice of duplicates)?

If there is always a specific letter used, then if the script has several letters representing e.g. 's', which one would be used for a (native) Panjabi word?

If a specific letter is not always used then how would you know how to spell a Panjabi word with this script if there are multiple options?

I think there are duplicates for 's', 'r', 't', so if someone could answer relating to all of these that would be helpful.

Thank you.
 
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    Alfaaz

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    Pvitr said:
    I believe that the Perso-Arabic script used for Panjabi in E.Panjab has duplicate letters (for historical legacy reasons?).

    I would like to know whether, when spelling a native Panjabi word, is there a default letter which is always used (out of the choice of duplicates)?

    If there is always a specific letter used, then if the script has several letters representing e.g. 's', which one would be used for a (native) Panjabi word?
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    t: ت، ط
    s: ث، س، ص
    z: ذ، ز، ض، ظ
    h: ہ، ح

    ت، س، ز، ہ are used for words in Urdu, Punjabi, Sindhi, etc. that are not of Arabic or Persian origin, since the rest of the letters (in addition to a few others) almost* exclusively appear in words of Arabic or Persian origin.

    * خ - x : It is used almost exclusively in words of Arabic and Persian origin. However, there are a few Indic words where the pronunciation has changed in Urdu, Punjabi, etc. to a خ. Examples would be axroT, taxnaa, etc. The Panjabi word xawre is always pronounced and written with a خ if I'm not mistaken. Panjabi speakers could confirm. ​
     
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    Pvitr

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    Alfaaz said:
    t: ت، ط
    s: ث، س، ص
    z: ذ، ز، ض، ظ
    h: ہ، ح

    ت، س، ز، ہ are used for words in Urdu, Punjabi, Sindhi, etc. that are not of Arabic or Persian origin, since the rest of the letters (in addition to a few others) almost* exclusively appear in words of Arabic or Persian origin.

    * خ - x : It is used almost exclusively in words of Arabic and Persian origin. However, there are a few Indic words where the pronunciation has changed in Urdu, Punjabi, etc. to a خ. Examples would be axroT, taxnaa, etc. The Panjabi word xawre is always pronounced and written with a خ if I'm not mistaken. Panjabi speakers could confirm. ​
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    Thank you. That's great.

    What does xawre mean?
     
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    Alfaaz

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    English
    Pvitr said:
    What does xawre mean?
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    jaane/nah jaane

    Literary example:

    پچھلے طوق خطاواں والے، گل گل دے وچ، پان گیاں
    آون والیاں گھڑیاں، خورے کی کی قہر، کمان گیاں

    ماجد صدیقی    ​
    pichhle tauq xataawaaN vaale, gall gall de vich, paaNR giyaaN
    aavaNR vaaliyaaN ghaRiyaaN, xawre kii kii qahr, kamaaNR giyaaN

    Majid Siddiqi

    Relevant thread:     Punjabi: xore/wavre
     
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