ਕਾਰਨ

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Punjabi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Punjabi ਕਾਰਣੁ (kāraṇu).

Noun[edit]

ਕਾਰਨ (kāranm (Shahmukhi spelling کارَن)

  1. cause, reason
    ਮੈਨੂੰ ਇੱਕ ਕਾਰਨ ਦੱਸੋ।
    mainū̃ ikka kāran dasso.
    Give me a reason why.
    (literally, “Tell me a reason.”)

Further reading[edit]

  • Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਕਾਰਨ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kāraṇa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 156