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7.2 ਦੀਵਾਲੀ ਦਾ ਤਿਉਹਾਰ
Festival Vocabulary
Punjabi
English
Image
ਤਿਉਹਾਰ (m)
festival
"Diwali Celebration 2017 - Pandav Bhawan 24" by Brahmakumaris Photo Gallery is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0.
ਮਨਾਉਣਾ (v)
to celebrate
"2014 Ford School Diwali Celebration" by University of Michigan's Ford School is licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0.
ਬੜੀ ਧੂਮ-ਧਾਮ ਨਾਲ ਮਨਾਉਣਾ (v)
to celebrate with great gusto
"Nat Festival Celebrants" by emilio labrador is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
ਸਜਾਉਣਾ (v)
to decorate
"Diwali" by sapam is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.
ਪਟਾਕੇ (m)
cracker
"diwali crackers for sale" by Ben Piven is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
ਪਟਾਕੇ ਚਲਾਉਣਾ (v)
to fire crackers
"Diwali 2013" by Scalino is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0.
ਤੋਹਫ਼ਾ (m)
gift
"Gift" by h0lydevil is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
ਭੀੜ (f)
crowd
"A Crowd" by oatsy40 is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
ਪਿਚਕਾਰੀ (f)
water gun
"Pichkari (1)" by krissen is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
ਰੰਗ ਲਾਉਣਾ (v)
to color
"Men playing with colors on Holi Celebration" by Pison Jaujip is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
ਵਧਾਈਆਂ
congratulations
"8th General Assembly of the International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP)" by President Mahinda Rajapaksa is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0.
ਪੂਜਾ ਕਰਨੀ (con.v.)
to worship
"Diwali Worship in Tamil Nadu JEG2435" by PJeganathan is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
ਮੇਲਾ (m)
fair
"The big wheel" by drothamel is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
ਮਠਿਆਈਆਂ
sweets
"Indian Sweet shop" by Shooz is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.
ਦੇਵਤਾ (m)
deity
"3 Hindu deity Krishna on ceramic tile at Munnar Kerala India 2014" by Jean-Pierre Dalbéra is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
ਦੇਵੀ (f)
goddess
"Kali the goddess" by dhyanji is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
ਰਿਵਾਜ (m)
tradition
"Indian Traditional Festival (17)" by AmanAgrahari01 is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
ਸੱਭਿਆਚਾਰਕ (adj)
cultural
"Exotic Bhangra from India" by pierre pouliquin is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0.
ਛੁੱਟੀਆਂ (f)
holidays
"Sapporo Festival. (2008)" by MIKI Yoshihito. (#mikiyoshihito) is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
ਮੌਜ ਮਸਤੀ ਕਰਨਾ (v)
to have fun
"Kids family having fun in the leaves at a Virginia State Park - cropped Optoutside2016" by vastateparksstaff is licensed under CC BY 2.0.
ਧਾਰਮਿਕ (adj.)
religious
"Gurdwara HDR" by cchana is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.
Based on the above reading practice, answer the following questions.
Activity 3: Speaking and Writing
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਮਨਪਸੰਦ ਤਿਉਹਾਰ ਕਿਹੜਾ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਤੁਸੀਂ ਉਸਨੂੰ ਕਿਵੇਂ ਮਨਾਉਂਦੇ ਹੋ? (What is your favorite festival and how do you celebrate it?) You may write out your sentences or record your sentences by pressing the button below. Once you are done recording, you can download your audio file and send it to your teacher for feedback and/or share it with your friends.