Siri or S(h)ri? Please help, someone who knows Gurmukhi!

[Guest guest]

Hi

I'm kind of confused. Is it sri or siri? Compare:

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sat_Sri_Akaal

 

vs.

 

http://www.kriteachings.org/1000day/1000%20Day%20Meditation%20Mantra%20Sheet.pdf

 

Even the Gurmukhi script for that word is different, so it seems it would be

more than just a difference of dialect or pronunciation. How is the word " sri "

written or pronounced in the SGGS?

 

Thanks & Sat Nam

[Guest guest]

Sat Nam,

Siri is the Punjabi way of spelling it. Sri utilizes a tiny curly-Q

under the letter S that comes from Devanagari, the Hindi script, to give

a rolled R. Both words sound like " city " .

 

Loving Blessings,

Guru Prem Kaur

www.yogagems.com

[Guest guest]

Even if you don't read Gurmukhi, you can see that there are two

different spellings of this word in the Gurmukhi script in the two

references you have given. They are both legitimate.

The one in the wiki is pronounced more quickly - not only is the

small " i " sound not at the front of the word, but the " r " used is a

half " r " printed at the bottom of the " s " letter. It's possible that

they represent different dialects; it's also possible that this

variation became a common usage for the purposes of meter or emphasis

in poetry.

[Guest guest]

Kundalini-Yoga , " Ezekiel " <spikycork wrote:

>

> Hi

> I'm kind of confused. Is it sri or siri? Compare:

>

> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sat_Sri_Akaal

>

> vs.

>

>

http://www.kriteachings.org/1000day/1000%20Day%20Meditation%20Mantra%20Sheet.pdf

>

> Even the Gurmukhi script for that word is different, so it seems it would be

more than just a difference of dialect or pronunciation. How is the word " sri "

written or pronounced in the SGGS?

>

> Thanks & Sat Nam

>

 

 

Sat Nam Ezekiel,

 

The pronunciation is " Siri " . The first " I " is pronounced as in " is " and the

second is pronounced as in " eat " . In Gurmukhi, you'll find that the same word

can be written differently and still produce the same sound. However, a note on

transliteration: when you use the roman alphabet to read Gurmukhi, it is

important to know that the transliteration is only an approximation of the

Gurmukhi sounds. There are no rules and no standards when it comes to the

transliteration. You could see " Siri " approximated in the roman alphabet with a

dozen different spellings. The writer can use whatever system he or she wants.

So, to learn the actual sounds and thus improve your pronunciation, it is best

to learn the Gurmukhi alphabet, which is actually very simple. Sat Nam!