Gurmukhi Word | Transliteration  | Gurbani Translation  |
ADwr | adhaar | support |
Agin | agan | fire |
Agm | agam | incomprehensible (attribute of God); unapproachable |
AhMkwr | ahankaar | pride, ego |
Aink | anik | many (var. anek) |
Aiq | at | very |
AMdr | andar | in, within |
AMimRq | amrit | nectar, immortality |
AMiq | ant | end, limit |
AMqrjwmI | antarjaami | Knower of deepest thoughts (God), Inner Guide |
AMqr | antar | within, in (MP - vich) |
Anidnu | andin | daily |
AprwDI | apraadhee | sinner, guilty |
Ardwis | ardaas | prayer |
Aru | ar | and |
Atl | aTal | eternal |
aUcw | oochaa | high |
auDwry | udharay | to be liberated (udharnaa) |
aUjl | oojal | bright, pure |
aupdys | updes | teachings, preaching |
aUpir | oopar | on, above |
aupwv | upaav | effort, way or solution |
aUTq | oothat | while rising, standing; MP - uthnaa |
Avgn | avgan | sin, weakness |
Avru | avar | other |
AwieAw | aaiaa | to come (aanaa) |
AwigAwkwrI | aagiaa-kaari | obedient |
AwigAw | aagiaa | command, direction |
Awsw | aasaa | hope, desire |
AwT pihr | aath pehar | 24 hours, day and night |
AwT | aath | eight |
AwvY | aavai | comes (aanaa, aavnaa - to come) |
Bau | bhau | fear (bhaao - love) |
BeI | bhae | become |
Bgiq | bhagat | devotee of God, saintly person |
bhuq | bahut | much, lots, very |
Bir | bhar | full, overflowing |
BI | bhee | also (MP: vee) |
Blw | bhalaa | good |
bl | bal | strenght, power; sacrifice (balihaaree) |
bMDn | bandhan | bonds, fetters |
BMfwr | bhanDaar | warehouse, treasure |
BMjn | bhanjan | destroyer |
bRhm igAwnI | brahm giaanee | God-conscious person, in tune with God |
bRhmMf | brahmand | universe |
bRhm | brahm | Absolute Lord |
Brmu | bharam | doubt, confusion |
BrpUr | bharpoor | completely full |
Brvwsw | bharvaasaa | trust, confidence. (Var - bharosaa) |
buiD | budh | intellect, wisdom |
bUJY | boojhai | (v) understands |
Bwauu | bhaau | love |
BweI | bhaaee | brother, friend (used as address) |
Bwg | bhaag | bhaagna - to run away; bhaag - fortune, destiny |
bwhir | baahar | outside, besides |
Bwie | bhaai | pleases; will; love (doojaa bhaai - duality) |
bwirk | baarik | child |
bwq | baat | story, issue, conversation (syn. Gal) |
BwvY | bhaavai | to ge pleasing, appeal to |
BwvY | Bhavai | To be Pleasing |
bwxNI | baanee | speech, Word |
Bwxw | bhaana | Will |
byAMq | be-ant | infinite; without an end |
byd, vyd | bed | Vedas (hindu scripture) |
bynqI | bentee | prayer, request |
BY | bhai | fear (syn - bhau) |
Coif | chhoD | abandon, leave |
cqur | chatur | clever, intelligent |
crn | charan | feet - symbolizes devotion, humility |
cwnxu | chaanan | light |
dIAw | deeaa | gave |
dieAwl | daiaal | kind, generous |
dieAw | daiaa | mercy |
dIn | deen | poor, humble; religion, spiritual world |
Dn | dhan | wealth; blessed |
drdu | darad | Pain, suffering |
drgh | dargeh | court |
Drm rwie | dharam raai | righteous judge (hindu mythology) who judges all beings |
Drm | dharam | righteous actions, duty, religion |
drsn | darsan | vision, experience of being in Presence |
dr | dar | door, portal |
DUir | dhoor | dust |
dUjw | doojaa | second, other, duality |
durmiq | durmat | evil mindedness |
Dur | dhur | destined, primal |
duuK | dukh | suffering, unhappiness |
dwnu | daan | charity, gift |
dwqw | daataa | giver |
dws | daas | servant, slave; devoted |
Dwvq | dhaavat | running (dhaavnaa - to run) |
dys | des | abode, country, land |
Et | ot | support |
eyk, iek | ek | one (MP - ik) |
fir | dhar | fear |
giq | gat | state, emancipation |
Gir, Gr | ghar | home |
gl | gal | thing, talk |
Gnyry | ghanere | lots, great |
goibd | gobind | God (var - Govind, Govinda) |
gopwl | gopaal | God, cherisher of the world |
grB | garabh | womb |
grIb | gareeb | poor, humble |
Gtu | ghat | vessel, heart, being |
gun, gux | gun | quality, merit, virtue |
gurmiq | gurmat | the Guru's teaching, wisdom |
gurmuiK | Gurmukh | In tune with the Guru |
gur, gurU | Gur, Guru | Divine Master, Enlightner, Teacher |
haumY | haumai | ego, pride, sense of I (separate from God & creation) |
hau | hau | I (pronoun) |
hir | Har | God |
hliq pliq | halat palat | this world and the next |
hmwrw | hamaaraa | Our, my |
hm | hum | We, I |
hukmu | hukam | command, will |
hY | hay | O (form of address) |
ibDwqw | bidhaataa | architect of destiny, God |
ibgsY | bigsai | blooms forth, joyous, radiant |
ibiD | bidh | Method, way |
ibKu | bikh | poison, sin |
ibnu | bin | without |
icMqw | chintaa | worry (MP - fikar) (achintaa - free from worry) |
icqu | chit | mind, heart |
iDAwieAw | dhiaaiaa | meditate on, remember, repeat name |
idnu | din | day |
ieh | eh | this |
igAwnI | giaanee | wise, knowledgable |
igAwn | giaan | knowledge, realization |
ihrdY | hirdai | (in the) heart, mind (MP - dil) abbrev: ridai |
ikAw | kiaa | what (MP - kee) |
iKnu | khin | moment, instant |
ikrpw, ikRpw | kirpaa | kindness, mercy |
iliKAw | likhiaa | written, destined (likhna- to write) |
ilv | liv | deep continuous love and absorption |
imhrvwn | meharvaan | generous, compassionate |
imiq | mit | measure (n) |
imlwie | milaa-e | help to meet, unite |
inDwnu | nidhaan | treasure |
iniD | nidh | treasure |
inkit | nikat | near, close |
inq | nit | daily - (MP - roz) (syn andin) |
inrBau | nirbhau | free from fear |
inrgun | nirguN | without any merit; absolute and unmanifested (God) |
inrMjnu | niranjan | God, The One unsullied by Maya or pollution |
inrMkwru | nirankaar | The Formless One, God |
inrml | nirmal | pure (mal=impurity) |
ipAwry | piaaray | beloved |
iPir | phir | again |
ipMf | pind | body |
ipqw | pitaa | father |
ipru, pIr | pir | Divine Spouse |
iqAwg | tiaag | abandon, give up, renounce |
iqRsnw | trisnaa | thirst, desire |
isau | siu | (pp) to, with (MP - noo) |
isAwxp | siaanap | cleverness, wisdom |
isAwxw | siaaNaa | wise |
isMG | Singh | Lion |
ismir | simar | remember with love, hold in your heart, meditate |
isPiq | sifat | praise, glory |
isRst | srist | creation, universe |
ivcu | vich | in, within |
ivkwr | vikaar | sins, evil |
ivswr | visaar | forget; MP - bhulnaa |
ivxu | vin | without (syn. bin) |
jau | jau | if |
jb | jab | when |
jgqu | jagat | world |
jgu | jag | world |
jIau | jeeo | soul or life; respectful and affectionate appelation (Jee in MP) |
jIA, jIAw | jeea | living being, tongue |
jl | jal | water (mp - paanee) |
jMq | jant | being, creature |
jm | jam | death, god of death |
jnm | janam | birth |
jn, jnu | jan | servant, slave; devoted |
jogI | jogee | yogi, one seeking union with God |
join | jon | incarnation, life (in birth/life cycle); species (var- joon) |
joiq | jot | light |
joru | jor | power, to join (jorna) |
jp | jap | repeat Name, medidate |
jsu | jas | glory |
jwgnw | jaagna | to be awake, spiritually aware |
jwiq | jaat | caste, social status, species |
jwnau | jaanau | to know (jananaa ) |
khu | kahu | says (kehna - to say) |
kIAw | keeaa | action (MP - keeta) |
kImiq | keemat | price, value |
kIrqn | keertan | singing praises, spiritual music |
klw | kalaa | art, technique |
kml | kamal | lotus |
koit | kot | millions (lit. 10 million) |
ko, kau | ko | to (pp - noo in MP), any or which (koee in MP) |
krih | kareh | to do (MP- karnaa) |
krm | karam | grace, action |
kRoD | krodh | anger, wrath |
krqw | kartaa | creator |
Ksm | khasam | master, God |
kul | kul | clan, ancestory |
kurbwn | kurbaan | sacrifice |
kUVu | kooR | false |
kvn, kvxu | kavan | which |
kwieAw | kaaiaa | body, self |
kwl | kaal | death, time |
kwm | kaam | lust, physical pleasures |
Kwndwn | khanDan | Family (dynasty) |
kwrj | kaaraj | affair, task |
kwr | kaar | task, affair |
loB | lobh | greed |
lwg | laag | to be attached (laagna) |
mhlw | Mahalaa | Identifies which Guru is author, neighborhood |
mhw | mahaa | great |
mih | meh | in (postposition) |
mIq | meet | dear friend |
mir | mar | die (marnaa - to die); janam maran = birth & death |
mITw | meethaa | sweet (MP - mitha) |
mMMqR | mantr | Word, secret (also mant) |
mnmuiK, mnmuK | manmukh | self-willed, (opp. of Gurmukh) |
mnorQ | manorath | hope, desire |
mnu, mn | man | mind, self, mortal |
moh | moh | attachment, excessive unhealthy love; (mohnaa - to attract or fascinate) |
moihAw | mohiaa | to fascinate, attract (mohanaa) |
mqu | mat | wisdom; not |
msqk | mastak | Forehead (MP mathaa) |
muiK | mukh | mouth, face, word |
mukiq | mukat | liberated (muktee = liberation) |
mUrK | moorakh | fool |
mwgY, mwgih | maangai | asks |
mwieAw | maayaa | worldly entaglements, illusionary & transient |
mwnu | maan | pride, honor |
mwqw | maataa | mother |
mwrY | marai | dies (marnaa - to die) |
mwr | maar | kill |
mYl | mael | impurity |
myl | mel | union; (melnaa - to unite) |
ndir | nadar | grace |
nIkw | neekaa | good, sublime |
nmskwr | namaskaar | salutation, bow in humility |
nr | nar | Man, mortal |
nwau | naau | Naam, name |
nwly | naalay | (pp) with |
nwmu | Naam | Name, God Conciousness, Divine Presence |
nwm | Naam | Name |
nwrI | naaree | woman, wife |
pCwxY | pachaaNai | to recognize (pachhananaa) |
pdwrQ | padaarath | substance, essence, treasure |
pg | pag | foot |
piq | pat | honor |
Plu | phal | fruit |
pMc | panch | five, select |
pRB, pRBu, pRiB | Prabh | Beloved |
prgwsu | pargaas | Light, enlightenment |
pRIiq | preet | love |
pRIqm | preetam | beloved |
pRiqpwl | pratipaal | cherish, take care of (pratipalak - cherisher) |
prm | param | supreme |
pRswid | prasaad (or parsaad) | grace, kindness, mercy |
prvwr | parvaar | family |
prweI | paraaee | stranger, not one of us, belonging to someone else |
pRwn | praan | life |
pRwpiq | paraapat | possess, obtain |
pRym | prem | love |
pUjw | poojaa | worship |
pun | pun | virtue, good deed |
purKu | purakh | person, being, God |
pUrn | pooran | complete, perfect |
pweIAY | paaeeay | obtain |
pwp | paap | sin |
pwrbRhm | paarbrahm | God, Transcendental Reality |
pwr | paar | beyond, other shore |
pwvih | paaveh | obtain (paavna - to obtain) |
pyiK | pekh | see (pekhna - to see; MP dekhna) |
qb | tab | then |
qnu | tan | body |
qqu | tat | sublime essence |
qwrY | tarai | swim, be saved (tarnaa); taraana - to save, help to swim |
rhu | raho | stay, remain |
rhwauu | Rahaau | Pause, (marks chorus, or main theme line) |
riv | rav | permeating |
rMg | rang | dye, love |
rqnu | ratan | gem |
rqy | ratay | steeped, absorbed |
rsnw | rasnaa | tongue, speech |
rsu | ras | delicious taste, enjoyment, spiritual rapture |
rwKw | raakhaa | Protector (rakhshaa - protection), caretaker |
rwm | Raam | God, all prevading Spirit |
sbd | sabad (or shabad) | Word, Naam |
sbd | shabad | Word |
sB | sabh | all |
scu | sach | true, eternal |
sdw | Sadaa | Always |
sgl | sagal | all |
sihj | sehaj | state of peace and balance, tranquility, spontaneous, naturally - with the flow, in tune with the Infinite |
siqgur, siqguir | satgur | True or Perfect Guru, God |
siq, squ | sat | truth |
siq | Sat | Truth |
slwh | salaah | to praise |
sMgiq | sangat | association, company |
sMgI | sangee | companion |
sMg | sang | with, close |
sMq | sant | saintly person in tune with God, often used for Guru |
smrQ | samrath | potent, capable |
sMswru | sansaar | world |
smweI | samaai | absorbed in |
smwly | samaalay | cherish, take care of, remember |
soBw | sobhaa | glory |
soeI | soee | that one |
sovq | sovat | sleeping (sovana - to sleep) |
srb | sarab | all |
srIr | sareer | body, self |
srn | saran | shelter, protection (var. sharan, sarnaaee) |
suAwmI | suaamee | Master, Lord, Husband; (syn - thakur) (MP- maalik) |
suAwmI | Suami | Lord, Master, Husband |
suiNx | sun | listen |
suK, suuKu | sukh | happiness, peace |
sumiq | sumat | sublime wisdom |
suq | sut | son, child |
svwir | savaar | to set right, decorate, |
swD sMgiq | saadhsangat | holy company |
swD | sadh | saintly person, |
swgr | saagar | ocean |
swihb | saahib | Master, lord, term of respect |
swjy | saaje | fashions, creates |
swQI | saathee | companion |
sws | saas | breath |
syj | sej | bed; divine bed representing union between God and the soul bride |
syvw | sevaa | service |
Taur | thaur | Sanctuary, place of rest, support |
Twkur | thakur | Master |
vfBwgI | vadhbaagee | fortunate |
vifAweI | vadiaaee | greatness, glory |
visAw | vasiaa | dwells |
vrx | varan | n. color or caste; v. to desribe |
vswieAw | vasaaiaa | to live, abide, be enshrined (vasnaa) |
vsY | vasai | live, abide |
vwjy | vaajay | rings, play as of music |
vYr | vair | enmity (var. bair); vairee or bairee - enemy |