ਬੇਗ਼ਮਪੁਰਾ

Punjabi

Etymology

بے (be, “without”) +‎ غَمّ (ġamm, “sorrow”) +‎ पुर (“town, city”)

Proper noun

ਬੇਗ਼ਮਪੁਰਾ • (beġmapurā) m (Shahmukhi spelling بیغمپرا)

1. (Sikhism) Sorrow-less-ville
   • Guru Granth Sahib, Bhagat Ravidas, translation by Inni Kaur and Harinder Singh, ang 345:

     ਬੇਗਮਪੁਰਾ ਸਹਰ ਕੋ ਨਾਉ ਦੂਖੁ ਅੰਦੋਹੁ ਨਹੀ ਤਿਹਿ ਠਾਉ

     begmapurā sahar ko nāu dūkhu andohu nahī tihi ṭhāu

     Be-gam-pura - City’s name is Sorrow-less-ville. No pain or anxiety in that place.

References

• “ਬੇਗ਼ਮਪੁਰਾ”, in Punjabipedia [ਪੰਜਾਬੀਪੀਡੀਆ] (in Punjabi), Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਬੇਗ਼ਮਪੁਰਾ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.