Punjabi Glossary

Jatt
Jattiyan
Baniya
Pehlwaan
Sapera
Charda
Jind Mahi
Jind
Jugni
Veer
Bhabhi
Putt
Mapiyan
Yaar, Mittar

: people
: girls (kurdi:girl) usually single and young
: boys (munda:boy)
: woman. Emphasizes the difference between a woman and a girl
: man. (gabroo javan:young man)
: punjabi farmer (male)
: punjabi farmer (female)
: punjabi women (jatti)
: moneylender, landlord (the quintessential bad guy)
: wrestler (atheltic forms a big part of punjabi culture)
: snake-charmer (sup/sap : snake)
: bachelor
: life (as in the love of my life), the quintessential woman.
:The object of envy
: brother (veer mera : my brother)
: sister-in-law (pronounced Pbabi)
: Literally:son, Figuratively: dear child (male or female)
: ma and pa
: friend, boyfriend or girlfriend

Phasal
Kanak
Bajara
Belgardi

Akharda
Gharda
Manja

Lassi
Murga
Sharab

Cities in Punjab:

: village
: two-sided bhangra drum (dholki: smaller drum played with both hands)
: Fair (outdoor festival)
: Harvest Festival
: start of the planting season
: women's dance
: wedding
: crop
: grain
: barley
: ox cart (bel:ox, gardi:car)

: wrestling ring
: clay round pot (often carried on the head)
: bed

: buttermilk drink
: chicken (tittar : quail)
: liquor, most likely scotch

: Patiala, Jullundhar, Karnal, Amritsar (ambarsar), Chandigarh

Munde
Pag
Kurta
Lungi
Jutti
Kirpan

: clothes

: pant
: shirt
: scarf
: shirt + skirt
: skirt (gharara in hindi)
: braid
: tassle for braid
: jewelery
:boys/men
: turban
: shirt
: cloth tie around waist (similar idea to dhoti)
: shoe
: dagger

Vich
Naal
Uuppr
Thale
Edher
Odher

: dance (nachde : dancing, nachiye : let's dance, nachna : to dance)
: sing (gaunde : singing)
: see (vekh ke ..: upon seeing..)
: in
: with (mere naal : with me)
: up
: down
: here
: there

Oye Sohniyon
Oye Heeriye
Oye Makhna
Kiddan?
Aao Nachiye

: hurrah! (Balle Shera : balle tiger)
: Kick butt! (chuke gaye phate : got butt kicked, chuk:pick up, phata:2x4)
: hurrah! (comes from hariyan paliyan or green fields)
: hurrah (often said by girls, as part of gidda)
: hey beautiful (somewhat unisex statement, sohniye:girl sohniya:guy)
: hey gorgeous (heera : diamond)
: hey my buttermilk (makhan:butter, usually a comment on skin quality)
: what's up?
: let's dance (nach : dance)