Punjabi/Vocabulary/Birds

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[edit] ਪੰਛੀ - Birds

Bird is called ਪੰਛੀ in Punjabi. ਮੋਰ i.e. peacock is the National bird of India. It looks beautiful when it fan its tail feathers.

1. ਮੋਰ = peacock
2. ਕਬੂਤਰ = pigeon
3. ਕੋਇਲ = nightingale
4. ਤਿੱਤਰ = partridge
5. ਬਟੇਰਾ = quail
6. ਤੋਤਾ = parrot
7. ਬਾਜ = hawk
8. ਉਲੂ = owl
9. ਇਲ = vulture
10. ਕਾਂ = crow
11. ਚਿੜੀ = sparrow
12. ਘੁਗੀ = dove
13. ਗਟਾਰ = Mynah
14. ਬਤਖ਼ = duck
15. ਹੰਸ = swan
16. ਬਗਲਾ = egret
17. ਕੁਕੜ = cock

[edit] Exercises

1. Many Punjabi nouns end with kanna(ਆ). Such nouns are called regular nouns. The plurals of regular nouns are formed by replacing kanna(ਆ) with lanv(ਏ). Plurals of irregular nouns are formed by adding airha plus kanna with a bindi (ਆਂ) when the noun ends with a vowel and adding kanna with bindi to the noun. Write the plural forms of the following Punjabi nouns.

1. ਤੋਤਾ
2. ਬਟੇਰਾ
3. ਬਗਲਾ
4. ਬਤਖ
5. ਚਿੜੀ
6. ਗਟਾਰ
7. ਤਿਤਰ
8. ਕਬੂਤਰ
9. ਬਾਜ
10. ਮੋਰ