ਭਾਵਨਾਵਾਂ ਦੇ ਸ਼ਬਦ

Feelings are where a language shows its heart, and Punjabi is generous here. Alongside the everyday words for happy, sad and angry, it carries words shaped by the Sikh tradition of endurance and optimism: patience as a virtue, hope as a discipline, and a rising spirit even in hard times. Every word below links to its full Kosh page, where example sentences show how Punjabis actually say these things.

The bright side

<a href="/kosh/words/khushi/">ਖੁਸ਼ੀ (khushi)</a> - happiness, joy

<a href="/kosh/words/pyaar/">ਪਿਆਰ (pyaar)</a> - love, deep affection

<a href="/kosh/words/sukh/">ਸੁੱਖ (sukh)</a> - peace, comfort and ease

<a href="/kosh/words/shanti/">ਸ਼ਾਂਤੀ (Shanti)</a> - peace, calm, inner quiet

<a href="/kosh/words/dosti/">ਦੋਸਤੀ (dosti)</a> - friendship

<a href="/kosh/words/taras/">ਤਰਸ (taras)</a> - pity, compassion and mercy, the feeling that turns into help

Strength to carry on

<a href="/kosh/words/sabr/">ਸਬਰ (sabr)</a> - patience, calm and steady endurance through hardship

<a href="/kosh/words/ummeed/">ਉਮੀਦ (Ummeed)</a> - hope, the belief that something good will come

<a href="/kosh/words/hausla/">ਹੌਸਲਾ (hausla)</a> - courage, nerve

<a href="/kosh/words/himmat/">ਹਿੰਮਤ (himmat)</a> - courage, resolve

<a href="/kosh/words/chardi-kala/">ਚੜ੍ਹਦੀ ਕਲਾ (chardi kala)</a> - rising spirits, optimism held onto in hard times

The heavy side

<a href="/kosh/words/dukh/">ਦੁੱਖ (dukh)</a> - sorrow, pain and suffering

<a href="/kosh/words/gham/">ਗਮ (gham)</a> - grief, deep sorrow

<a href="/kosh/words/udasi/">ਉਦਾਸੀ (udasi)</a> - sadness, low spirits

<a href="/kosh/words/gussa/">ਗੁੱਸਾ (gussa)</a> - anger, temper

<a href="/kosh/words/krodh/">ਕ੍ਰੋਧ (krodh)</a> - rage; in Sikh teaching, one of the five vices

<a href="/kosh/words/dar/">ਡਰ (dar)</a> - fear, the feeling of being afraid

<a href="/kosh/words/moh/">ਮੋਹ (moh)</a> - attachment, clinging love for worldly things and people

<a href="/kosh/words/nafrat/">ਨਫ਼ਰਤ (nafrat)</a> - hatred, intense dislike, the opposite of love

<a href="/kosh/words/irkha/">ਈਰਖਾ (irkha)</a> - jealousy and envy, pain at another person's good fortune

Say it with a phrase

<a href="/kosh/words/dil-tuttna/">ਦਿਲ ਟੁੱਟਣਾ (dil tuttna)</a> - to have your heart broken

<a href="/kosh/words/dil-bhar-auna/">ਦਿਲ ਭਰ ਆਉਣਾ (dil bhar auna)</a> - to be overcome with emotion, for the heart to fill up

<a href="/kosh/words/agg-baboola-hona/">ਅੱਗ ਬਬੂਲਾ ਹੋਣਾ (agg baboola hona)</a> - to flare up in sudden fury

How to use these words

The everyday way to ask after someone's feelings is not a direct translation of how are you: Punjabis ask ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (ki haal hai?), what is your state, and answer with a feeling word: ਸਭ ਠੀਕ ਹੈ (sabh theek hai), all is well, or ਥੋੜਾ ਉਦਾਸ ਹਾਂ (thora udaas haan), I am a little sad. The full guide to that exchange is on the how to say how are you in Punjabi page.

Some of these words carry weight beyond the dictionary. ਚੜ੍ਹਦੀ ਕਲਾ (chardi kala) is not just cheerfulness: it is the Sikh discipline of staying in rising spirits whatever comes, and you will hear it as a complete answer to how are you. Its Kosh page tells the fuller story.

How do you say happy in Punjabi?

Happy in Punjabi is ਖੁਸ਼ (khush), and happiness is ਖੁਸ਼ੀ (khushi). To say I am happy, say ਮੈਂ ਖੁਸ਼ ਹਾਂ (main khush haan).

How do you say I love you in Punjabi?

I love you in Punjabi is ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ (main tainu pyaar karda haan) from a man, or ਕਰਦੀ ਹਾਂ (kardi haan) from a woman. The full guide is on the how to say I love you in Punjabi page.

What does chardi kala mean?

ਚੜ੍ਹਦੀ ਕਲਾ (chardi kala) means rising spirits: the Sikh teaching of staying optimistic and buoyant even in hardship. It is used as praise, as a greeting answer, and as a way of life.