اگ

Pahari-Potwari

Etymology

Inherited from Old Punjabi ਅਗਿ (agi /⁠aggi⁠/), from Apabhramsa 𑆃𑆓𑇀𑆓𑆴 (aggi), from Prakrit 𑀅𑀕𑁆𑀕𑀺 (aggi), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀅𑀕𑀺 (agi /⁠aggi⁠/), from Sanskrit अग्नि (agní).

Noun

اَگّ (agg) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਅੱਗ)

fire

Further reading

More information

شیراز ،طاہِر [Tahir, Shiraz] (2016) “اَگ”, in شِیرازُ الْلُّغات: پوٹھوہارِی لُغَت [Pothohari Dictionary] (in Urdu), Peshawar: گَنْدھارا ہِنْدْکو اَکَیڈَمِی (gandhārā hindko akaiḍamī) [Gandhara Hindko Academy], →ISBN, page 30, column 2.
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “agní”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 3

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Punjabi اَگِّ (aggi), from Apabhramsa 𑆃𑆓𑇀𑆓𑆴 (aggi), from Paisaci Prakrit 𑀅𑀕𑁆𑀕𑀺 (aggi), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀅𑀕𑀺 (agi /⁠aggi⁠/), from Sanskrit अग्नि (agní).

Cognates

Cognate with Hindustani آگ / आग (āg) and English ignite. (see 𑀅𑀕𑁆𑀕𑀺 (aggi) for more cognates).

Pronunciation

(Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /əɡ.ɡə̆/, [ɐɡ.ɡə̆]

Noun

اَگّ • (agg) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਅੱਗ)

fire
Synonym: آتَش (ātaś)
(loosely) flame
(figuratively) jealousy
(figuratively) anger
(figuratively) love

Declension

Declension of اگ
	singular	plural
direct	اَگّ (agg)	اَگّاں (aggāṉ)
oblique	اَگّ (agg)	اَگّاں (aggāṉ)
vocative	اَگّے (agge)	اَگّو (aggo)
ablative	اَگّوں (aggoṉ)	اَگّاں (aggāṉ)
locative	اَگّی (aggī)	اَگِّیں (aggiīṉ)
instrumental	اَگِّیں (aggiīṉ)	اَگّے (agge)

Further reading

More information

Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “اگ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
“ਅੱਗ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “agní”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 3