Animals name in Punjabi ਜਾਨਵਰਾਂ ਦੇ ਨਾਮ with pictures

Animals in Punjabi: word list with pictures

60 words · tap 🔊 to hear each one in Punjabi.

Picture	English	Punjabi	Say it	Listen
	Cow	ਗਾਂ	gaan	🔊
	Bull	ਬਲਦ	balad	🔊
	Buffalo	ਮੱਝ	majj	🔊
	Goat	ਬੱਕਰੀ	bakri	🔊
	Sheep	ਭੇਡ	bhed	🔊
	Horse	ਘੋੜਾ	ghorra	🔊
	Donkey	ਖੋਤਾ	khota	🔊
	Camel	ਊਠ	ooth	🔊
	Pig	ਸੂਰ	soor	🔊
	Yak	ਯਾਕ	yaak	🔊
	Dog	ਕੁੱਤਾ	kutta	🔊
	Cat	ਬਿੱਲੀ	billi	🔊
	Rabbit	ਖਰਗੋਸ਼	khargosh	🔊
	Hamster	ਹੈਮਸਟਰ	haimstar	🔊
	Mouse	ਚੂਹਾ	chooha	🔊
	Elephant	ਹਾਥੀ	haathi	🔊
	Lion	ਸ਼ੇਰ	sher	🔊
	Tiger	ਬਾਘ	baagh	🔊
	Leopard	ਤੇਂਦੂਆ	tendua	🔊
	Bear	ਰਿੱਛ	richh	🔊
	Monkey	ਬਾਂਦਰ	baandar	🔊
	Gorilla	ਗੋਰਿੱਲਾ	gorilla	🔊
	Orangutan	ਓਰੰਗਉਟਾਨ	orangutaan	🔊
	Deer	ਹਿਰਨ	hiran	🔊
	Zebra	ਜ਼ੈਬਰਾ	zaibra	🔊
	Giraffe	ਜਿਰਾਫ਼	jiraaf	🔊
	Hippo	ਦਰਿਆਈ ਘੋੜਾ	dariaai ghorra	🔊
	Rhino	ਗੈਂਡਾ	gainda	🔊
	Fox	ਲੂੰਬੜੀ	loombarri	🔊
	Wolf	ਬਘਿਆੜ	baghiaarr	🔊
	Jackal	ਗਿੱਦੜ	giddarr	🔊
	Squirrel	ਗਲਹਿਰੀ	galehri	🔊
	Mongoose	ਨਿਉਲਾ	niula	🔊
	Porcupine	ਸੇਹ	seh	🔊
	Hedgehog	ਹੈਜਹੌਗ	haijhog	🔊
	Kangaroo	ਕੰਗਾਰੂ	kangaaroo	🔊
	Koala	ਕੋਆਲਾ	koaala	🔊
	Panda	ਪਾਂਡਾ	paanda	🔊
	Polar Bear	ਬਰਫ਼ੀਲਾ ਰਿੱਛ	barfeela richh	🔊
	Sloth	ਸਲੌਥ	slauth	🔊
	Bat	ਚਮਗਿੱਦੜ	chamgiddarr	🔊
	Wild Boar	ਜੰਗਲੀ ਸੂਰ	jangli soor	🔊
	Indian Bison	ਗੌਰ	gaur	🔊
	Rat	ਵੱਡਾ ਚੂਹਾ	vadda chooha	🔊
	Fish	ਮੱਛੀ	machhi	🔊
	Goldfish	ਸੁਨਹਿਰੀ ਮੱਛੀ	sunehri machhi	🔊
	Frog	ਡੱਡੂ	daddu	🔊
	Whale	ਵ੍ਹੇਲ	vhel	🔊
	Dolphin	ਡੌਲਫ਼ਿਨ	daulfin	🔊
	Shark	ਸ਼ਾਰਕ	shaark	🔊
	Octopus	ਔਕਟੋਪਸ	aktopas	🔊
	Crab	ਕੇਕੜਾ	kekrra	🔊
	Prawn	ਝੀਂਗਾ	jheenga	🔊
	Squid	ਸਕੁਇਡ	skuid	🔊
	Seal	ਸੀਲ	seel	🔊
	Jellyfish	ਜੈਲੀਫ਼ਿਸ਼	jailifish	🔊
	Pufferfish	ਪਫ਼ਰ ਮੱਛੀ	pafar machhi	🔊
	Otter	ਊਦਬਿਲਾਅ	oodbilaa	🔊
	Starfish	ਤਾਰਾ ਮੱਛੀ	taara machhi	🔊
	Seahorse	ਸਮੁੰਦਰੀ ਘੋੜਾ	samundri ghorra	🔊

Animals name in Punjabi is often the first word game a child loves, because animals are everywhere in Punjabi life: the buffalo in the village yard, the dog at the gate, the peacock in a story. This page has 60 animals with a picture, the Punjabi name, the English name and clear audio for each. Your child taps to hear ਗਾਂ (gaan, cow) or ਹਾਥੀ (haathi, elephant), then plays Find it and Memory. It is free, with no sign-up and no ads.

Animals name in Punjabi by group

The word list above has all 60 names. Children remember better in small families, so here is how the animals group, with one or two to start from in each.

Some names are borrowed from English, like ਪਾਂਡਾ and ਕੋਆਲਾ, and children find those a happy surprise. Others are purely Punjabi and worth saying slowly, like ਲੂੰਬੜੀ (loombarri, fox) and ਗਲਹਿਰੀ (galehri, squirrel).

10 animals name in Punjabi to learn first

If you want a short list for a toddler or a class 1 homework page, these ten are common, easy to picture and easy to say: ਗਾਂ (cow), ਕੁੱਤਾ (dog), ਬਿੱਲੀ (cat), ਘੋੜਾ (horse), ਹਾਥੀ (elephant), ਸ਼ੇਰ (lion), ਬਾਂਦਰ (monkey), ਮੱਛੀ (fish), ਚੂਹਾ (mouse) and ਊਠ (camel). Practise these in Find it, then add five new ones each week.

Punjabi has a gentle tone on some words. ਘੋੜਾ (horse) is not said with a hard "gh" but with a low rising pitch. Let your child copy the audio rather than the spelling.

How to teach animal names in Punjabi at home

• Ages 2-3: Use Listen mode and copy the animal: moo like ਗਾਂ, bark like ਕੁੱਤਾ. Punjabi says a cow goes ਅੰਬਾ and a dog goes ਭੌਂ ਭੌਂ.
• Ages 3-4: Play Find it with two or three pictures. Then look at a picture book together and ask, ਸ਼ੇਰ ਕਿੱਥੇ ਹੈ? (where is the lion?).
• Ages 4-5: Sort toy animals into farm, pet and wild piles, naming each in Punjabi. Try the animal sounds game for extra fun.
• Ages 5-6: Link names to letters: ਖ for ਖਰਗੋਸ਼, ਹ for ਹਾਥੀ, just as in the Punjabi alphabet game. Learn baby names too: a calf is ਵੱਛਾ and a puppy is ਕਤੂਰਾ.

Animals in Punjabi farm life and stories

In rural Punjab, the buffalo, ਮੱਝ, is the family's milk animal, and a bull, ਬਲਦ, once pulled the plough through wheat and mustard fields. Grandparents often tell stories of the clever fox and the silly crow, and folk songs mention camels, horses and peacocks. At Vaisakhi fairs you may still see decorated animals. If you live abroad, a visit to a city farm or zoo is a chance to use the same words: name each animal in Punjabi before reading the sign.

Punjabi animal names for children growing up abroad

Families in Canada, the UK, the US and Australia often find that children know "kangaroo" and "koala" before ਮੱਝ. That is fine. Start from what your child sees, so a squirrel in a Brampton park becomes ਗਲਹਿਰੀ and a fox in a London garden becomes ਲੂੰਬੜੀ. Weekend gurdwara Punjabi classes often use animal flashcards, and playing here midweek keeps those words fresh.

ਜਾਨਵਰਾਂ ਬਾਰੇ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿੱਚ

ਬੱਚਿਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਜਾਨਵਰ ਬਹੁਤ ਪਿਆਰੇ ਲੱਗਦੇ ਹਨ। ਗਾਂ ਸਾਨੂੰ ਦੁੱਧ ਦਿੰਦੀ ਹੈ, ਕੁੱਤਾ ਘਰ ਦੀ ਰਾਖੀ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਹਾਥੀ ਆਪਣੀ ਸੁੰਡ ਨਾਲ ਪਾਣੀ ਪੀਂਦਾ ਹੈ। ਅਜਿਹੀਆਂ ਛੋਟੀਆਂ ਗੱਲਾਂ ਬੱਚੇ ਨੂੰ ਨਾਮ ਯਾਦ ਰੱਖਣ ਵਿੱਚ ਮਦਦ ਕਰਦੀਆਂ ਹਨ।

ਬਾਹਰ ਸੈਰ ਕਰਦੇ ਸਮੇਂ ਬੱਚੇ ਨੂੰ ਪੁੱਛੋ, "ਇਹ ਕਿਹੜਾ ਜਾਨਵਰ ਹੈ?" ਚਿੜੀ, ਕਾਂ, ਕੁੱਤਾ ਜਾਂ ਬਿੱਲੀ, ਜੋ ਵੀ ਦਿਸੇ, ਉਸਦਾ ਨਾਮ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਲਓ। ਜਾਨਵਰਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਨਾ ਅਤੇ ਉਹਨਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਤੰਗ ਨਾ ਕਰਨਾ ਵੀ ਸਿਖਾਓ।

Gentle tips for every child

If your child calls every four-legged animal ਕੁੱਤਾ, smile and name the real one: "ਹਾਂ, ਚਾਰ ਲੱਤਾਂ! ਇਹ ਬੱਕਰੀ ਹੈ।" Correction by modelling works better than "no". The game does the same, since it never says wrong. For children with autism or speech delay, pick five animals and keep them for a week. Keep screen sessions short and shared, and talk to your paediatrician if you are worried about speech. When animals feel easy, try fruits name in Punjabi, compare with the English and Hindi animals name page, or head back to learn Punjabi for kids.

How to use this page at home

Say it, then find it

Play for a few minutes, then look for the same thing away from the screen: punjabi words on the shelf, in the kitchen, on the way to school. A child learns a word properly when they meet it twice, once on the screen and once in their hand.

Ten minutes is enough

Short and happy beats long and tired. Stop while your child still wants more, and come back tomorrow: the same page on five short days teaches far more than one long sitting. Nothing here is scored, so there is no reason to push.

Use both languages

Tap the language button at the top to hear the words in your home language first and the second language after. Hearing the same picture named in two languages is one of the few things research agrees builds attention as well as vocabulary.