Source: https://jugti.com/kosh/words/sunna/ ਸ [Kosh](https://jugti.com/kosh/)/[Words](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/)/Verb Word # ਸੁਣਨਾ sunna Say it**SUN-naa**Type**Verb**Shahmukhiسُننا In short Sunna (ਸੁਣਨਾ) is the everyday Punjabi verb meaning to hear and to listen, and also to pay attention and heed what is said. Rekhta gives sunnaa, of Sanskrit origin, as hear, listen and heed, while its partner sunauna means to tell or make someone hear. ## How it's used 1. 1ਮੇਰੀ ਗੱਲ ਸੁਣ।Listen to what I am saying. _gall sun, listen here_ 2. 2ਮੈਂ ਸਵੇਰੇ ਕੀਰਤਨ ਸੁਣਿਆ।I listened to kirtan in the morning. 3. 3ਕੀ ਤੁਸੀਂ ਖ਼ਬਰ ਸੁਣੀ?Did you hear the news? Show 1 more example 1. 4ਬਜ਼ੁਰਗਾਂ ਦੀ ਸਲਾਹ ਸੁਣਨੀ ਚਾਹੀਦੀ ਹੈ।One should listen to the advice of elders. _the heed sense of sunna_ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਰਥ ਸੁਣਨਾ ਦਾ ਅਰਥ ਹੈ ਕੰਨਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਆਵਾਜ਼ ਸੁਣਨਾ ਅਤੇ ਧਿਆਨ ਨਾਲ ਕਿਸੇ ਦੀ ਗੱਲ ਸੁਣਨਾ। ਵਿਕਸ਼ਨਰੀ ਦੀ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਸਵਾਦੇਸ਼ ਸੂਚੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਸੁਣਨਾ ਨੂੰ ਅੰਗਰੇਜ਼ੀ ਦੇ to hear ਲਈ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਸ਼ਬਦ ਦਿੱਤਾ ਗਿਆ ਹੈ। ਰੇਖਤਾ ਕੋਸ਼ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ ਇਸ ਦਾ ਮੂਲ ਸੰਸਕ੍ਰਿਤ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਇਸ ਦੇ ਅਰਥਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਧਿਆਨ ਦੇਣਾ, ਮੰਨਣਾ ਅਤੇ ਅਰਜ਼ੀ ਸੁਣਨਾ ਵੀ ਸ਼ਾਮਲ ਹਨ। ਗੱਲ ਸੁਣ ਦਾ ਭਾਵ ਹੈ ਮੇਰੀ ਗੱਲ ਧਿਆਨ ਨਾਲ ਸੁਣ। ਸੁਣਨਾ ਆਪ ਸੁਣਨਾ ਹੈ, ਜਦਕਿ ਸੁਣਾਉਣਾ ਦਾ ਅਰਥ ਹੈ ਕਿਸੇ ਹੋਰ ਨੂੰ ਸੁਣਾਉਣਾ, ਭਾਵ ਕਹਿਣਾ ਜਾਂ ਕਥਾ ਸੁਣਾਉਣਾ। What does sunna mean in Punjabi? Sunna (ਸੁਣਨਾ) means to hear and to listen: it is the everyday Punjabi verb for taking in sound with your ears, and also for paying attention to what someone says. Gall sun, listen here, is how countless Punjabi conversations begin. ## What does sunna mean in Punjabi? Wiktionary's Punjabi Swadesh list gives sunna as the Punjabi word for to hear, at number 102, right after vekhna, to see. The Wiktionary word data lists sunna as a verb meaning to hear and to listen, the pair that matches the Punjabi word exactly: sunna covers both the sound simply reaching your ears and the deliberate act of listening to a person, a song or the news. ## Does sunna mean more than just hearing? Yes. Rekhta Dictionary gives sunnaa, of Sanskrit origin, as a transitive verb meaning hear, listen, pay attention to, take notice of and heed. Its wider senses show how much work the word does: to hear a petition, for a teacher to hear a pupil repeat a lesson, and, of God, to hear and grant a prayer. At the sharp end, sunna can also mean facing the music, hearing hard words or being reproached, which is why being told you will have to sunna something can sound like a warning. ## What is the difference between sunna and sunauna? Sunna is hearing it yourself; sunauna (ਸੁਣਾਉਣਾ) is making someone else hear it, which in practice means to tell or narrate. The Wiktionary word data lists sunauna simply as to tell. So a child sunnda a story at night, hears it, while the grandmother sunaundi it, tells it. Mixing the two up reverses the whole scene, which is why learners meet this pair early. ## Related words [ਕੰਨkanear](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/kan/)[ਬੋਲਣਾbolnaTo speak; to talk](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/bolna/)[ਵੇਖਣਾvekhnaTo see, to look, to watch](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/vekhna/) Sources (3) 1. [Rekhta Dictionary, sunnaa: origin Sanskrit, verb, hear, listen, pay attention to, heed, hear a petition, of God hear and grant a prayer, face the music](https://www.rekhtadictionary.com/meaning-of-sunnaa?keyword=%D9%85%D8%A7%DB%81%D9%90%DB%8C%D9%91%D9%8E%D8%AA) 2. [Wiktionary, Punjabi Swadesh list: sunna listed at number 102 as the Punjabi word for to hear, next to vekhna for to see](https://En.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Punjabi%5FSwadesh%5Flist) 3. [Kaikki, Wiktionary data: sunna listed as a Punjabi verb meaning to hear, to listen; sunauna listed as to tell](https://kaikki.org/dictionary/All languages combined/categories-other/bn/Punjabi entries with incorrect language header/%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%81%E0%A8%96--%E0%A8%B8%E0%A9%8B%E0%A8%B9%E0%A9%80.html) [Report a correction](https://jugti.com/corrections/) **Jugti is free and independent.** Reader support keeps the Kosh growing. 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