Who says "hunnjii"??

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Alright..so i seem to notice that..my mom along with us siblings..say “hunnjii” a lot. Example, someone said.. ap log Toronto main rehtay hain..so me and older sis said..“hunnjii”. With punjabi twist. My mom is from Bahawalpur and moved to Lahore. She is punjabi..and we picked it up from our mom i guess..

Question is…who else says this??

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Re: Who says “hunnjii”??

probably, only Punjabis!

we UP waalaas or Urdu speaking people say “ji haaN”. :slight_smile:

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Well..we are urdu speaking family..with dad from Karachi. I just thought it was quiet interesting. My dad never says..“hunnjii”..it’s my mom and us siblings.

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yeah…India meN sirf Punjabi bolne waale hii haanjii kahte haiN … kisii aur kii zabaanii maiN ne “haan jii” kahte nahiiN sunaa…so, you are right.

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hunnji or haanji?

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Hunn jii = Pakistani Punjaabiis
haaN jii = Indian Punjaabiis?

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My boss (not a Punjabi), but he lived in Pindi (Pakistani Punjab) for a long time, also use this haanji

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Errr… I’m not Indian. Def Punjabi, tho. & I say “haan jii”… Way more often than I should, now that I think about it. :bummer:

What’s the difference between the pronunciation of “hunn” and “haan”? My imagination is interpreting “hun” as the Punjabi word for “now”. :konfused"

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not really

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haanjii:chai:

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I am Punjabi from Pakistan and we all say hanji in urdu and punjabi as well.. but talking in punjabi we say.. ahoo or ahoo ji :smiley:

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Lol… ME ME ME… :hehe:
& tell you what, it’s the only thing people catch me about me being Punjabi… Only Hunnji!!
The way we’ve been brought up doesn’t give a single clue of me being a Punjabi… people always think I am from India (and mom is actually from Delhi.. it’s just my father who is Punjabi)… But once I say this Hunnji in typical laay of Punjabi… they just catch me right there :smiley: Hey… are you Punjabi??? LOL

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Only Punjabis, as far as I know. Pothwari speakers say “Henji”, which has another meaning. :smiley:

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Henji for discovering something unusual?

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You say “henji” if you didn’t understand what someone else said.

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so, henji = hayeN? :slight_smile:

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so its takiya kalam of deaf people