ਸੱਜੇ ਅਤੇ ਖੱਬੇ
sajje ate khabbe
The phrase "left and right" in Punjabi is ਸੱਜੇ ਅਤੇ ਖੱਬੇ (sajje ate khabbe).
This phrase is used to refer to the two opposite directions of a person's body sides.
What does it mean word for word?
ਸੱਜੇ (sajje) means right, ਅਤੇ (ate) means and and ਖੱਬੇ (khabbe) means left.
How does it change in a sentence?
The word ਅਤੇ (ate) serves as the standard conjunction used to connect the two directions.
How do you pronounce it?
sajje ate khabbe
Did you know?
- In Punjabi culture, the ਸੱਜਾ (sajja) or 'right' side is traditionally associated with auspiciousness and purity, while the ਖੱਬਾ (khabba) or 'left' side is often linked to impurity.
- In some rural Punjabi dialects, the phrase ਸੱਜੇ-ਖੱਬੇ (sajje-khabbe) can be used idiomatically to mean 'all over the place' or 'randomly'.
- The word ਸੱਜੇ (sajje) for 'right' shares an ancestral root with words meaning 'correct' or 'proper' in several Indo-Aryan languages.
Example conversation
Simran is helping Ravinder navigate a street.
- ਸਿਮਰਨ Simranਰਵਿੰਦਰ, ਸੱਜੇ ਅਤੇ ਖੱਬੇ ਦੇਖੋ।Ravinder, sajje ate khabbe dekho.Ravinder, look left and right.
- ਰਵਿੰਦਰ Ravinderਮੈਂ ਦੇਖ ਲਿਆ ਹੈ, ਕੋਈ ਗੱਡੀ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੈ।main dekh liya hai, koi gaddi nahin hai.I have looked, there are no cars.
- ਸਿਮਰਨ Simranਹੁਣ ਅਸੀਂ ਸੜਕ ਪਾਰ ਕਰ ਸਕਦੇ ਹਾਂ।hun asin sadak paar kar sakde haan.Now we can cross the road.
- ਰਵਿੰਦਰ Ravinderਠੀਕ ਹੈ, ਚਲੋ ਚੱਲੀਏ।theek hai, chalo challiye.Okay, let's go.
