ਚਣਾ
chanaa/chanā

Definition

ਸੰ. चणक ਸੰਗ੍ਯਾ- ਛੋਲਾ. ਨੁਖ਼ੂਦ. ਚਨਾ. ਦੇਖੋ, ਛੋਲਾ
Source: Mahankosh

Shahmukhi : چنا

Parts Of Speech : noun, masculine

Meaning in English

gram, Cicer arietinum, chickpea
Source: Punjabi Dictionary

CHAṈÁ

Meaning in English2

s. m, kind of pulse, gram; (Cicer, arietium):—chaṉá bhuṛkú te bhaṭṭh ḍháú or chaṉá tapsí te bhár bhanesí lit. The gram will jump and will burst the oven:—Prov. used of the poor who, by their utmost efforts, cannot injure the great or influential i. e., a poor man cannot cope with a wealthy one; i. q. Chhollá.
Source:THE PANJABI DICTIONARY-Bhai Maya Singh