Source: https://jugti.com/kosh/words/suno/ ਸ [Kosh](https://jugti.com/kosh/)/[Words](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/)/Verb Word # ਸੁਣੋ suno Say it**SOO-no, with a retroflex ṇ (tongue curled back)**Type**Verb**Shahmukhiسُںنو In short Suno (ਸੁਣੋ) means 'listen' or 'hear' in Punjabi. It is the polite command form of the verb sunna, 'to hear' or 'to listen', used with elders, strangers or a group, while the familiar form with a close friend or a child is sun. It comes from Sanskrit śṛṇoti through Prakrit suṇaï and Old Punjabi suṇi. ## How it's used 1. 1ਮੇਰੀ ਗੱਲ ਸੁਣੋ।Listen to what I say. 2. 2ਧਿਆਨ ਨਾਲ ਸੁਣੋ, ਮੈਂ ਦੱਸਦਾ ਹਾਂ।Listen carefully, I will tell you. 3. 3ਇਹ ਗਾਣਾ ਸੁਣੋ, ਬਹੁਤ ਸੋਹਣਾ ਹੈ।Listen to this song, it is very beautiful. Show 2 more examples 1. 4ਬੱਚਿਓ, ਕਹਾਣੀ ਸੁਣੋ।Children, listen to the story. 2. 5ਉਹਦੀ ਗੱਲ ਸੁਣੋ, ਫਿਰ ਫ਼ੈਸਲਾ ਕਰੋ।Listen to what he says, then decide. ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਰਥ ਸੁਣੋ ਦਾ ਅਰਥ ਹੈ ' ਧਿਆਨ ਨਾਲ ਸੁਣਨਾ'। ਇਹ ਸੁਣਨਾ ਕਿਰਿਆ ਦਾ ਹੁਕਮੀ ਰੂਪ ਹੈ, ਜੋ ਤੁਸੀਂ ਨਾਲ ਜਾਂ ਇੱਕ ਤੋਂ ਵੱਧ ਵਿਆਕਤੀਆਂ ਨਾਲ ਵਰਤਿਆ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ। ਇਹ ਸੰਸਕ੍ਰਿਤ ਸ਼੍ਰਿਣੋਤੀ ਤੋਂ ਆਇਆ ਹੈ। ਸੁਣੋ ਨਾਲ ਮੇਰੀ ਗੱਲ ਸੁਣੋ, ਧਿਆਨ ਨਾਲ ਸੁਣੋ ਅਤੇ ਇਹ ਗਾਣਾ ਸੁਣੋ ਵਰਗੇ ਵਾਕ ਬਣਦੇ ਹਨ। ਤੂਂ ਨਾਲ 'ਸੁਣ' ਵਰਤਿਆ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਹੋਰ ਸਤਿਕਾਰ ਲਈ 'ਸੁਣਿਓ' ਜਾਂ 'ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ ਸੁਣੋ' ਕਿਹਾ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ। ## What does suno mean in Punjabi? Suno (ਸੁਣੋ) means 'listen' or 'hear' in Punjabi. It is the polite way of asking someone to listen, used with elders, strangers, or a group, and it comes from the verb sunna, 'to hear' or 'to listen'. You will hear it in everyday requests such as 'meri gall suno', listen to what I say, and 'eh gana suno', listen to this song. ## Where does suno come from? Suno comes from the verb sunna (ਸੁਣਨਾ), 'to hear' or 'to listen'. Wiktionary traces sunna to Old Punjabi suṇi, Prakrit suṇaï, and Sanskrit śṛṇoti, 'he hears', from the ancient root \*ḱlew-, 'to hear'. The stem is suṇ, and suno is the stem with the polite ending o added. Sunna also has a transitive partner, sunāuṇā, 'to make someone hear', which is how Punjabi says 'to tell' or 'to narrate'. ## How is suno used in everyday speech? Suno is the word Punjabis reach for when they want someone's full attention. 'Meri gall suno' means listen to what I say, 'dhyaan naal suno' means listen carefully, and 'suno ji' adds ji to make the request softer still. It works at home, in class, and at the gurdwara, where an announcement often begins with a call to listen. It is also the word for listening to music, stories and the radio: 'eh gana suno' means listen to this song. ## Suno, sun and sunio: which form should you use? Punjabi changes the ending to show respect. With tu, the familiar 'you' for a close friend or a child, the command is the bare stem: sun, listen. With tusi, the polite 'you' for elders and strangers, and for any group, it is suno. A still softer form is the jussive sunio, which sounds like a gentle request, 'please listen'. To ask someone not to listen, put na after the verb: 'na suno', do not listen. ## Related words [ਸੁਣਨਾsunnaTo hear, to listen, to pay attention](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/sunna/)[ਬੋਲਣਾbolnaTo speak; to talk](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/bolna/)[ਦੱਸੋdassotell (polite command)](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/dasso/)[ਆਖੋaakhosay (polite command)](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/aakho/)[ਵੇਖੋvekholook (polite command)](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/vekho/) Advertisement Sources (3) 1. [Wiktionary: ਸੁਣਨਾ; from Old Punjabi suṇi, Prakrit suṇaï, Sanskrit śṛṇoti; stem suṇ; imperative suṇ (familiar), suṇo (plural/formal); jussive suṇĩ, suṇio; Shahmukhi سُںنا](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ਸੁਣਨਾ) 2. [Jugti Kosh: Sunna (ਸੁਣਨਾ), the verb suno comes from; its senses 'to hear' and 'to listen'](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/sunna/) 3. [Jugti Kosh: Dasso (ਦੱਸੋ), a sister polite command form in the same series](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/dasso/) [Report a correction](https://jugti.com/corrections/) **Jugti is free and independent.** Reader support keeps the Kosh growing. [Support](https://jugti.com/support/) ## More words [ਚੰਨchannMoon](https://jugti.com/kosh/words/chann/)[ਕਿੱਦਾਂkiddanhow are you? what's up? 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