Category: Common VerbsPart of speech: verbDifficulty: Common

ਸੋਚਣਾ

/sochna/Roman

English meaning: To think

Definition

To use the mind.

Example

“ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਸੋਚੋ, ਫੇਰ ਬੋਲੋ।”

In English: “Think first, then speak.”

Another example: “ਕੋਈ ਵੀ ਫ਼ੈਸਲਾ ਸੋਚ-ਸਮਝ ਕੇ ਕਰਨਾ ਚਾਹੀਦਾ ਹੈ।”

Usage — When, Where & How

Common verb 'to think/ponder'. Used for reflection, deciding and worrying. Neutral register. Spelled ਸੋਚਣਾ; noun ਸੋਚ (thought).

Etymology & Origin

English — Origin & History

'ਸੋਚਣਾ' (sochna) comes from the Proto-Indo-Iranian root *sūt-, meaning to think. This word has carried through history to denote the process of thought in Punjabi.

Common Collocations

  • ਸੋਚ ਕੇ ਕਰਨਾ
  • ਡੂੰਘਾ ਸੋਚਣਾ
  • ਸੋਚ ਵਿਚਾਰ ਕਰਨਾ
  • ਚੰਗਾ ਸੋਚਣਾ
  • ਸੋਚ ਵਿੱਚ ਪੈਣਾ

Word Forms

root ਸੋਚ; past ਸੋਚਿਆ; pres ਸੋਚਦਾ; fut ਸੋਚੇਗਾ; imp ਸੋਚ/ਸੋਚੋ

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Literary Heritage

“ਏਕੁ ਪਿਤਾ ਏਕਸ ਕੇ ਹਮ ਬਾਰਿਕ”

/Ek pita ekas ke ham barik/

“There is one Father; we are all His children.”

Guru Nanak Dev Ji · Founder of Sikhism, First Sikh Guru · 1469–1539

Guru Granth Sahib

Guru Granth Sahib — the foundational message of universal brotherhood

“ਬੁੱਲ੍ਹਾ ਕੀ ਜਾਣਾ ਮੈਂ ਕੌਣ”

/Bulha ki jana main kaun/

“Bulleh, what do I know who I am? — I am neither believer nor infidel; I am beyond all labels.”

Bulleh Shah · Sufi Poet & Mystic · 1680–1757

Kafis (Sufi poems)

Bulleh Shah's Kafi on the dissolution of the ego in divine love

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Language
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ
Punjabi
Script
Gurmukhi
Family
Indo-Aryan
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