Gurmukhi

/ ˈɡʊəmʊkɪ /

noun

1. the script used for writing the Punjabi language

Word History and Origins

Origin of Gurmukhi¹

Sanskrit, from guru teacher + mukh mouth

Example Sentences

Pause at its glassy new station for a selfie beneath the sign that spells out Southall in Gurmukhi, a script commonly used to write Punjabi.

From New York Times

Gurmukhi, the Sikh script, is paired alongside English on storefronts.

From Washington Times

Gurmukhi, the Sikh script, is paired alongside English on storefronts.

From Seattle Times

As an homage to kaur’s identity as a diasporic Punjabi Sikh woman, poems are written all in lowercase, an homage to the way that Punjabi is written in Shahmukhi or Gurmukhi script, the latter of which has no uppercase or lowercase letters.

From Seattle Times

Madhur Kaur, a junior at Quince Orchard High School, showed off skills she mastered for her recent baptism in the faith, reading aloud from the scripture written in Gurmukhi.

From Washington Post