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# ਕਿੱਤਿਆਂ ਦੇ ਸ਼ਬਦ

Kittiyaan de Shabd

Say it**KIT-ti-aan de shabd**Type**Phrase**

In short

Punjabi occupation words name the trades that once served every village: the ਦਰਜ਼ੀ (darzi, tailor), ਕੁਮ੍ਹਾਰ (kumhar, potter), ਲੁਹਾਰ (luhar, blacksmith), ਮੋਚੀ (mochi, cobbler), ਸੁਨਿਆਰ (suniar, goldsmith) and ਤਰਖਾਣ (tarkhan, carpenter). This page lists the occupation words of the Jugti Kosh, each linked to its full page.

## How it's used

1. 1ਦਰਜ਼ੀ ਨੇ ਕੁੜਤਾ ਸਿਉਂ ਦਿੱਤਾ੤The tailor stitched the kurta. _Village life_
2. 2ਕੁਮ੍ਹਾਰ ਮਿੱਟੀ ਦੇ ਭਾਂਡੇ ਬਣਾਉਂਦਾ ਹੈ੤The potter makes clay vessels. _The trades_
3. 3ਤੁਸੀਂ ਕੀ ਕੰਮ ਕਰਦੇ ਹੋ?What work do you do? _Asking politely_

ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਰਥ

ਕਦੇ ਹਰ ਪਿੰਡ ਵਿੱਚ ਹਰ ਕਿੱਤੇ ਦਾ ਆਪਣਾ ਨਾਂ ਸੀ੤ ਦਰਜ਼ੀ ਕੱਪੜੇ ਸਿਉਂਦਾ, ਕੁਮ੍ਹਾਰ ਭਾਂਡੇ ਬਣਾਉਂਦਾ, ਲੁਹਾਰ ਹਲ ਤਿੱਖੇ ਕਰਦਾ ਅਤੇ ਸੁਨਿਆਰ ਵਿਆਹ ਦੇ ਗਹਿਣੇ ਘੜਦਾ੤ ਇਹ ਸ਼ਬਦ ਅੱਜ ਵੀ ਗੋਤਾਂ ਅਤੇ ਰੋਜ਼ਾਨਾ ਬੋਲੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਜਿਉਂਦੇ ਹਨ੤

A Punjabi village was once a world of its own, and every trade had its name. The potter made the vessels, the blacksmith kept the ploughs sharp, the goldsmith made the wedding jewellery, and the tailor sewed for every family on his list. These occupation words still live in surnames, village names and everyday talk, and each one below links to its full page in the Kosh.

## The village trades

**<a href="/kosh/words/darzi/">ਦਰਜ਼ੀ (darzi)</a>** \- tailor

**<a href="/kosh/words/kumhar/">ਕੁਮ੍ਹਾਰ (kumhar)</a>** \- potter, maker of clay vessels

**<a href="/kosh/words/luhar/">ਲੁਹਾਰ (luhar)</a>** \- blacksmith

**<a href="/kosh/words/mochi/">ਮੋਚੀ (mochi)</a>** \- cobbler, shoemaker and shoe repairer

**<a href="/kosh/words/suniar/">ਸੁਨਿਆਰ (suniar)</a>** \- goldsmith, maker of gold jewellery

**<a href="/kosh/words/tarkhan/">ਤਰਖਾਣ (tarkhan)</a>** \- carpenter, woodworker

**<a href="/kosh/words/mistri/">ਮਿਸਤਰੀ (mistri)</a>** \- mason, master craftsman, mechanic and handyman

<a href="/kosh/words/ustaad/">ਉਸਤਾਦ (ustaad)</a> - teacher, master of an art, craft or skill

**<a href="/kosh/words/hali/">ਹਾਲੀ (hali)</a>** \- the ploughman, the driver of the plough

<a href="/kosh/words/kisan/">ਕਿਸਾਨ (kisan)</a> - farmer, the cultivator who works the land and grows the crops

<a href="/kosh/words/patwari/">ਪਟਵਾਰੀ (patwari)</a> - village land records official, keeper of the jamabandi

<a href="/kosh/words/halwai/">ਹਲਵਾਈ (halwai)</a> - confectioner, maker and seller of sweets

## How to use these words

These words do double work in Punjabi life: they are job titles, and they are also family and caste names carried for generations, so a surname like Tarkhan or Suniar tells you the trade of the family that first bore it. That is why the words survive even where the village workshops have gone.

To ask someone's work, Punjabis say **ਤੁਸੀਂ ਕੀ ਕੰਮ ਕਰਦੇ ਹੋ? (tussi ki kamm karde ho?)**, what work do you do? The word for work itself, [ਕੰਮ (kamm)](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/kamm/), is on the [everyday words](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/punjabi-everyday-words/) page, and the farming trades sit with the [farming words](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/punjabi-farming-words/).

You will meet these words most often around a wedding or a festival, when the whole village economy wakes up: the **ਦਰਜ਼ੀ (darzi)** is buried in suits and salwars, the **ਸੁਨਿਆਰ (suniar)** is polishing the bride's set, and the **ਮਿਸਤਰੀ (mistri)** is raising the shamiana poles. Shopping for those days is its own vocabulary, and the phrases for it are on the [Punjabi phrases](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/punjabi-phrases/) page.

## How do you say tailor in Punjabi?

Tailor in Punjabi is ਦਰਜ਼ੀ (darzi). The word is used across Punjab for the person who sews and repairs clothes.

## What does mistri mean in Punjabi?

ਮਿਸਤਰੀ (mistri) means a mason or master craftsman, and in modern use any skilled mechanic or handyman. It comes from the Portuguese word for a master workman.

## How do you ask someone's job in Punjabi?

Ask ਤੁਸੀਂ ਕੀ ਕੰਮ ਕਰਦੇ ਹੋ? (tussi ki kamm karde ho?), what work do you do? ਕੰਮ (kamm) is the everyday word for work or a job.

## Related words

[ਦਰਜ਼ੀdarzitailor](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/darzi/)[ਕੁਮ੍ਹਾਰkumharPotter; maker of clay vessels](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/kumhar/)[ਲੁਹਾਰluharblacksmith](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/luhar/)[ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਸਿੱਖੋPunjabi SikhoLearn Punjabi: the guided path for diaspora learners, from the Gurmukhi alphabet to real words and family talk](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/learn-punjabi/)[ਖੇਤੀ ਤੇ ਪਿੰਡ ਦੇ ਸ਼ਬਦKheti te Pind de ShabdPunjabi farming words: crops, fodder, tools, land and village life in Gurmukhi, with meanings](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/punjabi-farming-words/)[ਰੋਜ਼ਾਨਾ ਦੇ ਸ਼ਬਦRozaana de ShabdEveryday Punjabi words: the essentials a beginner hears at home every single day, plus the question words when and why](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/punjabi-everyday-words/)[ਪਟਵਾਰੀpatwarivillage land records official in the revenue department](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/patwari/)[ਹਲਵਾਈhalwaiconfectioner: a maker and seller of sweets](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/halwai/)[ਕਿਸਾਨkisanfarmer: a person who cultivates land and grows crops](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/kisan/)[ਉਸਤਾਦustaadteacher, master: a master of an art, craft or skill who teaches others](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/ustaad/)

Sources (2)
1. [Punjabi language and alphabets, Omniglot](https://www.omniglot.com/writing/punjabi.htm)
2. [Learn Punjabi: the guided path, Jugti Kosh](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/learn-punjabi/)
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On this page[In short](#in-short)[How it's used](#how-used)[ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਰਥ](#pa-meaning)[The village trades](#s-k1)[How to use these words](#s-k10)[How do you say tailor in Punjabi?](#s-k16)[What does mistri mean in Punjabi?](#s-k18)[How do you ask someone's job in Punjabi?](#s-k20)

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