ਕਾਰਨ

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Old Punjabi ਕਾਰਣੁ (kāraṇu).

Noun

ਕਾਰਨ • (kāran) m (Shahmukhi spelling کارَن)

1. cause, reason

   ਮੈਨੂੰ ਇੱਕ ਕਾਰਨ ਦੱਸੋ।

   mainū̃ ikka kāran dasso.

   Give me a reason why.

   (literally, “Tell me a reason.”)

Further reading

• Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਕਾਰਨ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kāraṇa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 156