The Rule of Pronouncing โเจนโ as a Vowel SoundIf a word ends with the letter โเจนโ and it needs to be pronounced like a hora, then another โเจนโ is added at the end, and an aunkad is placed with it. The final โเจนโ with an aunkad
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Read MoreIn Gurbani, precise pronunciation plays a vital role in preserving both meaning and poetic structure. Some words contain both aunkad (เจเจเจเฉ) and hora (เจนเฉเฉเจพ), where one matra represents the original form of the word, while the other is added to maintain the metrical weight (เจเจพเจตเจฟ เจคเฉเจฒ)
Read MoreIn Gurbani, the following rule is applied:1. If the last letter of a word has a Sihari or Onkar (เจฟ, เฉ) attached to it, and the following letter is a Mukta โเจจโ, then the two cannot be read together as a single unit.2. If the last
Read MoreIn Gurbani, there are also words where the last letter เจ is Mukta (without any vowel mark). It is incorrect to pronounce such words as if the เจ has a Kanna, turning it into เจ sound. If the last letter of a word is Mukta เจ ,
Read Moreเจธเฉเจจเจฟ เจฎเฉเจนเฉ เจ เจจเจนเจค เจฌเฉเจจเฅฅ (Ang 837) เจจเจฏเจฃเจฟ เจฌเจฏเจฃเจฟ เจฎเฉเจนเจฟ เจเจเฉ เจเจเฉ เจฆเฉเจนเฉ เจ เจพเจเจ เจจ เจเจพเจฃเจฟเจเฅฅ (Ang 1394) In line 2, เจฌเจฏเจฃเจฟ is pronounced as เจฌเฉเจฃ, meaning เจฌเจเจจ (speech). เจจเจฏเจฃเจฟ is pronounced as เจจเฉเจฃ, meaning เจ เฉฑเจเจพเจ (eyes). เจคเฉเจเฉ เจญเจฏเจพ เจญเจพเจญเฉ เจฌเฉเจฌเฅฅ (Ang 137) เจธเฉฐเจเจฟ เจจ เจเฉเจ เจญเจเจ
Read MoreIn Gurbani, it is a rule that if a word ends with the letter ‘เจน’, and if there is a ‘Kana’ written before it, then it signifies the plural form. Such ‘เจน’ gives a very light sound and is pronounced similarly to a ‘bindi’ over the
Read MoreThe use of Tippi has been commonly applied in Gurbani. There are several words on which Tippi is placed at the correct position, but the same type of words, with the same meaning, may not have a Tippi placed on them. If Tippi is not used
Read MoreWhile reading Gurbani, a pause is placed at the right spot between the verses, which serves as an indicator of clarity in meaning. If this pause is placed at the wrong spot, both the recitation and the meaning become incorrect. Therefore, it is very important to
Read MoreIn Gurbani, the words where bindi has not been applied in the required places, the pronunciation of bindi at those spots itself ensures the correct meaning. If bindi is not pronounced, the meaning takes on a different form, for example: 1 เจเฉ เจคเฉเจงเฉ เจญเจพเจตเฉ เจธเจพเจ เจญเจฒเฉ
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