05-Nov-2010, 08:38 AM
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G'day
Can anyone point me in the direction of an online dictionary, or dictionary I can purchase, where I can look up Gurbani words and find their meaning in English?
I'm aware www.srigranth.org has a dictionary in-built, and I use this where I can, but some words (like ghar and likhia) just point to either 'from ghara' (which I can't find) or 'likhi-a' which doesn't really help me! Reference:: Sikh Philosophy Network http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/discourses-in-english/33095-english-gurbani-dictionary.htmlReference:: Sikh Philosophy Network http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/showthread.php?t=33095
As I'm learning my nitnem banis, it assists me to know what the actual words mean.
Thank you in advance
Ishna 
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05-Nov-2010, 08:49 AM
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05-Nov-2010, 09:00 AM
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Ishna ji Reference:: Sikh Philosophy Network http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/showthread.php?t=33095
Just to get quick closure
ghar means home or house
likhiaa usually means pre-ordained, but can also mean written, inscribed, or pre-recorded, and carries a connotation of "so ordained" in English.
To your main question. I understand your frustration because the dictionary that I use, by Professor Surinder S. Kohli, "Dictionary of Guru Granth Sahib" is set up the same way. Reference:: Sikh Philosophy Network http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/showthread.php?t=33095
Being the maniac that I am I actually enjoy this because it sends me on a treasure hunt of sorts through many pages and I learn the variations on a word or root word.
I am going to track something down for you - a document containing the 300 most used words in Sri Guru Granth Sahib. It should help you get over some of the obstacles.  |
05-Nov-2010, 09:13 AM
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Here you go
330 most common words in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Reference:: Sikh Philosophy Network http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/showthread.php?t=33095
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05-Nov-2010, 16:15 PM
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Thank you Jasleen and spnadmin. Reference:: Sikh Philosophy Network http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/showthread.php?t=33095Reference:: Sikh Philosophy Network http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/showthread.php?t=33095
spnadmin: I figured 'ghar' out by reading sohila -- it's used so often it's easy to see it means 'house' in the English translations. 'likhiaa' I found by google search result pointing back to this forum (it was mentioned in another thread at some point).
Thank you very much for the download!
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