Weather in Punjabi: It's Cold, It's Raining, Snow, Heat and Every Season (With Gurmukhi)

"Weather" in Punjabi is mausam (ਮੌਸਮ). The lines you'll use most: Ajj bahut thand hai (ਅੱਜ ਬਹੁਤ ਠੰਢ ਹੈ, it's very cold today), Bahut garmi hai (ਬਹੁਤ ਗਰਮੀ ਹੈ, it's very hot), Meenh pai riha hai (ਮੀਂਹ ਪੈ ਰਿਹਾ ਹੈ, it's raining) and, for anyone in Canada, Baraf pai rahi hai (ਬਰਫ਼ ਪੈ ਰਹੀ ਹੈ, it's snowing). Weather is the universal small talk on both sides of the Atlantic, and Punjabi grandparents treat a cold snap as a personal emergency, so this is vocabulary you'll hear every single day. Here are the words, the seasons and the phrases.

Weather Words in Punjabi

English	Punjabi	Gurmukhi	Pronunciation
Weather	Mausam	ਮੌਸਮ	MAU-sum
Sun	Sooraj	ਸੂਰਜ	SOO-ruj
Sunshine	Dhupp	ਧੁੱਪ	dhupp
Shade	Chhaan	ਛਾਂ	chhaan
Cloud	Baddal	ਬੱਦਲ	BUD-dul
Rain	Meenh (also baarish)	ਮੀਂਹ / ਬਾਰਿਸ਼	meenh / BAA-rish
Drizzle	Boonda-baandi	ਬੂੰਦਾ-ਬਾਂਦੀ	BOON-daa BAAN-dee
Wind / air	Hawa	ਹਵਾ	ha-VAA
Dust storm, gale	Hanneri	ਹਨੇਰੀ	ha-NAY-ree
Storm	Toofaan	ਤੂਫ਼ਾਨ	too-FAAN
Snow; ice	Baraf	ਬਰਫ਼	BUR-uf
Snowfall	Barfbaari	ਬਰਫ਼ਬਾਰੀ	burf-BAA-ree
Fog	Dhund	ਧੁੰਦ	dhund
Frost, mist	Kohra	ਕੋਹਰਾ	KOH-raa
Lightning (also electricity)	Bijli	ਬਿਜਲੀ	BIJ-lee
Thunder	Garaj	ਗਰਜ	GUR-uj
Hail	Gade	ਗੜੇ	ga-DAY
Rainbow	Satrangi peengh	ਸਤਰੰਗੀ ਪੀਂਘ	sut-RUN-gee peengh
Cold (noun)	Thand	ਠੰਢ	thund
Heat	Garmi	ਗਰਮੀ	GUR-mee
Humidity, mugginess	Humas	ਹੁੰਮਸ	HUM-mus
Hot summer wind (Punjab)	Loo	ਲੂ	loo
Temperature	Taapmaan	ਤਾਪਮਾਨ	taap-MAAN
Minus (below zero)	Manfi	ਮਨਫ਼ੀ	MUN-fee

Talking About the Weather

English	Punjabi	Gurmukhi
How's the weather today?	Ajj mausam kiven hai?	ਅੱਜ ਮੌਸਮ ਕਿਵੇਂ ਹੈ?
The weather is lovely	Mausam bahut sohna hai	ਮੌਸਮ ਬਹੁਤ ਸੋਹਣਾ ਹੈ
It's very cold today	Ajj bahut thand hai	ਅੱਜ ਬਹੁਤ ਠੰਢ ਹੈ
I'm feeling cold	Mainu thand lag rahi hai	ਮੈਨੂੰ ਠੰਢ ਲੱਗ ਰਹੀ ਹੈ
It's very hot	Bahut garmi hai	ਬਹੁਤ ਗਰਮੀ ਹੈ
I'm feeling hot	Mainu garmi lag rahi hai	ਮੈਨੂੰ ਗਰਮੀ ਲੱਗ ਰਹੀ ਹੈ
It's raining	Meenh pai riha hai	ਮੀਂਹ ਪੈ ਰਿਹਾ ਹੈ
It's snowing	Baraf pai rahi hai	ਬਰਫ਼ ਪੈ ਰਹੀ ਹੈ
The sun is out	Dhupp nikli hai	ਧੁੱਪ ਨਿਕਲੀ ਹੈ
It's cloudy	Baddal chhaaye hoye han	ਬੱਦਲ ਛਾਏ ਹੋਏ ਹਨ
It's windy	Hawa chall rahi hai	ਹਵਾ ਚੱਲ ਰਹੀ ਹੈ
It's foggy	Dhund payi hoyi hai	ਧੁੰਦ ਪਈ ਹੋਈ ਹੈ
It's muggy	Bahut humas hai	ਬਹੁਤ ਹੁੰਮਸ ਹੈ
It will rain tomorrow	Kall meenh pavega	ਕੱਲ੍ਹ ਮੀਂਹ ਪਵੇਗਾ
It's minus ten	Taapmaan manfi das hai	ਤਾਪਮਾਨ ਮਨਫ਼ੀ ਦਸ ਹੈ
Take an umbrella	Chhatri lai jao	ਛਤਰੀ ਲੈ ਜਾਓ
Put on warm clothes	Garam kapde paa lo	ਗਰਮ ਕੱਪੜੇ ਪਾ ਲੋ
There's snow on the road, be careful	Sadak te baraf hai, dhyaan naal	ਸੜਕ 'ਤੇ ਬਰਫ਼ ਹੈ, ਧਿਆਨ ਨਾਲ
It snows a lot in Canada	Canada vich bahut baraf pendi hai	ਕੈਨੇਡਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਬਹੁਤ ਬਰਫ਼ ਪੈਂਦੀ ਹੈ
It rains a lot in England	England vich bahut meenh painda hai	ਇੰਗਲੈਂਡ ਵਿੱਚ ਬਹੁਤ ਮੀਂਹ ਪੈਂਦਾ ਹੈ

Notice mainu thand lag rahi hai — literally "cold is striking me". Feelings and sensations in Punjabi happen to you; the pattern is explained in emotions and feelings in Punjabi. Rain and snow "fall" with the verb paina (ਪੈਣਾ): meenh painda hai, baraf pendi hai.

Seasons in Punjabi

Season	Punjabi	Gurmukhi	In Punjab
Season	Rutt	ਰੁੱਤ	—
Summer	Garmi / garmiyaan	ਗਰਮੀ / ਗਰਮੀਆਂ	April–June; the hot loo wind blows in May and June
Monsoon, rainy season	Barsaat	ਬਰਸਾਤ	July–September
Autumn	Patjhad	ਪੱਤਝੜ	October–November, the pleasant months
Winter	Sardi / sardiyaan	ਸਰਦੀ / ਸਰਦੀਆਂ	December–January, cold and thick with dhund (fog)
Spring	Basant	ਬਸੰਤ	February–March; Basant Panchami is kite-flying day

Punjabi also has its own calendar months — Chet, Vaisakh, Jeth, Haarh and the rest — which you'll hear for festivals and harvests; they're in our days and months in Punjabi.

Weather Small Talk, Diaspora Edition

In Surrey, Southall and Sacramento the weather is how conversations start, and the Punjabi version has a few reliable moves. The opener is a statement plus haina?: "Ajj bahut thand hai, haina?" (it's really cold today, isn't it?). The reply agrees and escalates: "Haan ji, haddaan vich vadd gayi" (yes, it's got into my bones). Grandparents add the instruction: "Topi paa ke jaayin" (go with your hat on). And every Punjabi abroad has said, at least once, "Pind vich hun vadhiya mausam hovega" — the weather will be lovely in the village right now. For the clothes you'll be told to put on, see clothes in Punjabi.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you say weather in Punjabi?

Mausam (ਮੌਸਮ). "How's the weather today?" is Ajj mausam kiven hai?

How do you say "it's cold" in Punjabi?

Thand hai (ਠੰਢ ਹੈ) — or bahut thand hai for "it's very cold". "I'm feeling cold" is mainu thand lag rahi hai.

How do you say rain in Punjabi?

Meenh (ਮੀਂਹ); baarish (ਬਾਰਿਸ਼) is also common. "It's raining" is meenh pai riha hai.

What are the seasons in Punjabi?

Garmi (summer), barsaat (monsoon), patjhad (autumn), sardi (winter) and basant (spring). "Season" itself is rutt.

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