Punjabi: colours

[linguist786]

Can somebody who speaks Punjabi tell me the colours? I work in my dad's shop sometimes and a lot of Pakistani customers come, but i only speak Urdu/Hindi and Gujarati. Although they speak in Punjabi, i can understand a lot of it, and i just reply back in Urdu.

Anyway, just to help me, i need to know the colours (it's a fabric shop)

So, anyone? I think "frozi" is pink, right? "safayd" is white, and "kaalaa" is black? i think that's all i know.

 

[panjabigator]

I dont know any colors that are different in Punjabi and Hindi/Urdu, but try this dictionary and see for yourself...I dont know the Pakistani dialects that well
its on ijunoon dot com (I cannot post a URL) and then look for punjabi dictionaries

 

[meramita]

this is a little late...you probably figured it out by now...but pink is frozi and kala is black and white is "chittah", at least im pretty sure =)

 

[linguist786]

this is a little late...you probably figured it out by now...but pink is frozi and kala is black and white is "chittah", at least im pretty sure =)

oh brilliant! thanks for that. i haven't actually figured them all out.

i know "laal" is red (or is that strictly urdu/hindi?)

if you know any more, i'll be happy to hear them.

 

[panjabigator]

here is what I say

red-laal
white-chitta
blue-neela
yellow-peela
black-kala
pink-gulabi (i think)

 

[meramita]

okay so whoops on FROZI...i should have known since i JUST went to india...its a light royal blue kind of color..like a dark turquoise..

and umm green= hari? something close to that word =S


and pink, yeah i think gulabi is right...

 

[linguist786]

Thanks people!! I think those are the main colours done.
Feel free to post if you remember more.

 

[panjabigator]

green-hara
all the colors can be masc or feminine ...except safed

 

[linguist786]

what do you mean "masculine or feminine" - doesn't that depend on the noun it's used with? e.g. "wo safayd kapraah" "wo safaayd gaari" etc..

 

[panjabigator]

I meant that the nearly all the colors can change to the aa/ii ending depending on the noun, so yes.

 

[linguist786]

hmm.. i'm still not sure whether i understand you lol.. can you give examples?

 

[panjabigator]

sure! what I meant was that its the same as hindi.
hari kameez, kala kutta, safed/chitte kapde
hara dhania

let me know if you need some more examples

 

[linguist786]

ohhh!! i get it now! *slaps on head*