ਵਾਹਿਗੁਰੂ

Punjabi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Blend of ਵਾਹ (vāh, “wondrous”) +‎ ਗੁਰੂ (gurū, “enlightened”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʋɑːǽ.ɡʊ.ruː/

Proper noun

ਵਾਹਿਗੁਰੂ • (wāhegurū) m (Shahmukhi spelling واہےگُرو‎)

  1. (Sikhism) God
    • Guru Granth Sahib, Bhatt Gayand, translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa, ang 515:
      ਸਤਿ ਸਾਚੁ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਨਿਵਾਸੁ ਆਦਿ ਪੁਰਖੁ ਸਦਾ ਤੁਹੀ ਵਾਹਿਗੁਰੂ ਵਾਹਿਗੁਰੂ ਵਾਹਿਗੁਰੂ ਵਾਹਿ ਜੀਉ
      sat sāch srī nivās ād purakh sadā tuhī wāhegurū wāhegurū wāhegurū wāhe jīo
      You are forever True, the Home of Excellence, the Primal Supreme Being. wow Wondrous Enlightener, Wondrous Enlightener, Wondrous Enlightener.
    ਵਾਹਿਗੁਰੂ ਦੇ ਮਿਹਰ ਸਦਕਾ.
    wāhegurū de mihar sadkā.
    With God's grace.
    Synonyms: ਰੱਬ (rab), ਅਕਾਲ (akāl)

References
  • “ਵਾਹਿਗੁਰੂ”, in Punjabipedia [ਪੰਜਾਬੀਪੀਡੀਆ] (in Punjabi), Patiala: Punjabi University, 2019
  • Singh, Maya (1895), “ਵਾਹਿਗੁਰੂ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons
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