Source: https://jugti.com/kosh/words/bijli/ ਬ [Kosh](https://jugti.com/kosh/)/[Words](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/)/Noun Word # ਬਿਜਲੀ bijli Say it**bij-lee, with the stress on the first syllable**Type**Noun**Shahmukhiبجلی In short Bijli (ਬਿਜਲੀ) is the Punjabi word for both lightning and electricity: the flash in storm clouds and the current in home wiring. It is a feminine noun. In daily speech, bijli chamakdi hai means lightning is flashing, while bijli chali gayi means the power has gone out. ## How it's used 1. 1ਅਸਮਾਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਬਿਜਲੀ ਚਮਕ ਰਹੀ ਹੈ੤Lightning is flashing in the sky. _bijli chamakna: lightning flashing_ 2. 2ਬਿਜਲੀ ਚਲੀ ਗਈ ਹੈ੤The electricity has gone out. _bijli chali gayi: the power is out_ 3. 3ਬਿਜਲੀ ਦਾ ਬਿੱਲ ਇਸ ਮਹੀਨੇ ਵੱਧ ਆਇਆ ਹੈ੤The electricity bill is higher this month. _bijli da bill: electricity bill_ Show 1 more example 1. 4ਬਿਜਲੀ ਆਉਂਦੇ ਹੀ ਪੱਖਾ ਚੱਲ ਪਿਆ੤As soon as the power returned, the fan started. _bijli auna: power returning_ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਰਥ ਬਿਜਲੀ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਦੋ ਅਰਥਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਵਰਤੀ ਜਾਂਦੀ ਹੈ੤ ਅਸਮਾਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਚਮਕਣ ਵਾਲੀ ਬਿਜਲੀ ਅਤੇ ਘਰਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਵਰਤੀ ਜਾਣ ਵਾਲੀ ਬਿਜਲੀ, ਦੋਵਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਬਿਜਲੀ ਹੀ ਕਹਿੰਦੇ ਹਨ੤ ਇਹ ਇਸਤਰੀ ਲਿੰਗ ਸ਼ਬਦ ਹੈ੤ ਰੋਜ਼ਾਨਾ ਬੋਲਚਾਲ ਵਿੱਚ ਬਿਜਲੀ ਚਮਕਦੀ ਹੈ ਦਾ ਅਰਥ ਹੈ lightning is flashing, ਅਤੇ ਬਿਜਲੀ ਚਲੀ ਗਈ ਦਾ ਅਰਥ ਹੈ the power has gone out੤ Bijli (ਬਿਜਲੀ), pronounced bij-lee, is the Punjabi word for both lightning and electricity. One word covers the flash that splits the monsoon sky and the current that runs the fan in your room, because they are the same force. It is a feminine noun, and few Punjabi words work harder in daily life. ## Meaning Dictionaries list bijli first as electricity: the energy that lights homes and runs machines. The same word names lightning, the flash of electric discharge across storm clouds. Collins gives the Hindi form bijli as electricity and power, and Punjabi weather vocabulary lists give ਬਿਜਲੀ for lightning, so both senses are standard. The word is feminine in Punjabi grammar. ## Why does one word mean both lightning and electricity? Because they are the same thing. Lightning is electricity moving through the sky, and the current in a wire is electricity moving through metal. Punjabi keeps one word for the force wherever it shows itself. English splits it into lightning and electricity, but Punjabi does not bother, and the sentence always makes clear which one is meant. ## How is bijli used in everyday speech? Bijli chamakdi hai means lightning is flashing, said when the sky lights up in a storm. Bijli chali gayi, or simply bijli gayi, means the power has gone out, a sentence every Punjabi dreads in the summer heat. Bijli aayi means the power is back, and the fans start again. Bijli da bill, the electricity bill, arrives every month without fail. ## Related words [ਬਰਸਾਤbarsaatRainy season; monsoon](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/barsaat/)[ਧੁੱਪdhupSunlight; sunshine](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/dhup/)[ਅਸਮਾਨasmaanSky](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/asmaan/)[ਤੂਫ਼ਾਨtufaanstorm: a violent storm of wind and rain, a tempest](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/tufaan/) Sources (2) 1. [English Translation of bijli | Collins Hindi-English Dictionary](https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/hindi-english/बिजली) 2. 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