Punjabi Dialect Problem

True funny story. In the doctor's panjabi toi is bum, in the patient's panjabi toi means back. Predictably the dr got into trouble
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In English Panjabi, my friend tells me that she is 'gunning the aata'
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The dialect variations in any language not only enrich the language itself but enrich our life and culture as well by bringing us closer to life and endearing us to each other. In Punjabi there is a huge variations in the way a word denotes a thing, concept, or description.

To illustrate I give here the variation in the use of just one common second person pronoun "Your": The dialect is given below followed by the word for the pronoun 'your'.

ਕੇਂਦਰੀ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ( ਤੁਹਾਡਾ), ਮਝੈਲੀ (ਧਾਡਾ), ਦੁਆਬੀ (ਥੁਆਡਾ), ਮਲਵਈ (ਥੋਡਾ), ਫਰੀਦਕੋਟ- ਬਠਿੰਡਾ (ਸੋਡਾ), ਮੁਕਤਸਰ (ਆਵਦਾ), ਲਹੌਰੀ (ਤੁਸਾਂ ਨਾ), ਸਰਾਇਕੀ (ਤੁਘੀ ?), ਪੋਠੋਹਾਰੀ (ਤੈਂਡਾ)
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Central Panjabi (Tuhaada), Majhaili (Dhaada), Duabi (Thuaada), Malwai (Thoda), Faridkot - Bathinda area (Soda), Mukatsar area(Aavda), Lahori(Tusaan na), Saraiki (Tugghi), Pothohari ( Tainda)

This is just an example of geographical variation in the use of just one Punjabi word. We as Punjabi speakers must love to learn these dialect variations rather than snigger at in order to bring speakers from distant places closer to one another and enrich our understanding of each others cultural background.

Incidentally, the use of word 'see' and 'tee' for the English past tense auxilliary verb 'was' is not funny. The word 'tee' is used in the Puadhi dialect of Punjabi.

Puaadh is the area around Patiala, Ropar, Chandigarh and Ambala.

Humbly
Serjinder Singh

Word 'Digghi' in current usage in Indian Punjab means what in the west 'car boot' or 'scooter boot' is understood to be. In the past, word 'Digghi' meant a well dug in desert or arid area where ground water did not exist or was very deep and salty. The well had usual brick walls and a brick, mortar or cement bottom. Since ground water did not exist at upto a depth of the bottom of the brick well, this was filled with either diverting rain water from the surrounding area if it rained or in later times channelling water from a canal.
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This has been the usual practice in the Bathinda, Mukatsar area till recently. The canal water was and is still used through the water works with piped canal water to homes. However, the old or new 'Digghies' were filled with canal water to use this water to provide for animals to drink or bathe. Humans also jumped into these diggies to bathe or cool themselves.
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This may be the background to the word 'Digghy' being used for bathroom in Malaysia since the digghies in Bathinda area and in southern Panjab were also
used for bathing in the absence of fresh water from tubewells or wells since the ground water in these areas is very salty and at a great depth.

Humbly
Serjinder Singh

Thank You Sejinder singh ji. I am from Bhatinda....Tallewal on the Moga-Barnala Road..
Yes thats the probable root of the word Dhighee.....into Malaysian Punjabi becasue Malwaiyees are the most numerous over here. While the Majha Punjabi was always the Academic Language used in books and exams..the malwayee is more widely spoken and today in Punjab context way more literature is written in malwayee dialect due to malwayee novelists Jaswant Singh Kanwal and population of Malwa is more in number while Majha has been truncated into a smaller area of amrtisar/gurdaspur only.