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Punjabi Culture- Jokes and Idioms

Language Forms: Jokes are a different language form just like essays, poems and
stories. Jokes use limited vocabulary. Read the jokes. Tell them to someone at home.

Cultural Awareness: Khichri is a dish made with rice and daal. Whenever someone is sick
in a Punjabi house, they are given Khichri to eat because it is easy to eat and digest
(pcwauxI). Here is a Punjabi joke related to Khichri.

AiDAwpk (tIcr): pMjwbI pirvwr dy swry jxy iek dUsry nUM ipAwr krdy hn,

iek dUsry dI pRvwh krdy hn[ ies dI iek imswl idE[ (give an example)

ividAwrQI: tIcr jI, ieh g~l iblkul TIk hY ik Gr ivc swry pMjwbI iek
dUsry nUM bhuq ipAwr krdy hn[ ies dI imswl (example) ieh hY ik Gr ivc

ibmwr iek jxw huMdw hY, pr iKcVI swrw pirvwr KWdw hY[

Aglw cutklw pVHn qoN pihlW ieh Sbd is`Ko[
jgwieAw nzr Aw irhw A~KW mldw ies qoN byvkU&w pu~t ky

woke someone up visible rubbing eyes from this o ignorant uprooted

do dosq kYNp qy gey[ rwq ho geI[ tYNt lw ky sON gey[

A~DI rwq nUM bblU dI A~K Ku~lI[ aus ny dyiKAw, Asmwn qwirAW nwl BirAw

hoieAw sI[

bblU ny b~br nUM jgwieAw, “b~br, Eey au~T! dyK qYnUM kI ids irhw hY?”

b~br A~KW mldw mldw au~iTAw, “qwry[”

“ies qoN kI pqw lgdw hY?” bblU ny pu~iCAw[

“ies qoN ieh pqw l`gdw hY ik rwqI Asmwn bhuq sohxw idsdw hY[” b~br

Asmwn v~l dyK ky boilAw[

“Eey byvkU&w, Asmwn sohxw nhIN lgdw, koeI swfw tYNt pu~t ky lY igAw hY!”
bblU ny b~br dy moFy qy h~Q mwr ky ikhw[

kI qusIN koeI hor pMjwbI cutklw jwxdy ho? klws ivc suxwE[ ieh cutkly
bolx dw AiBAws kro[ h`so qy hswE[

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