Gawache BolRegistry of lost Punjabi words · by @pakipunjabi
Send a word
گواچے بول · ਗੁਆਚੇ ਬੋਲ

One word. Two scripts.
Two Punjabs.

Gawache Bol is a public register of Punjabi words that are slipping away. Every word has two guardians: one who writes Shahmukhi and one who writes Gurmukhi.

283words saved
43complete pairs
270people remembering
1. Send a word

A word your elders used that you rarely hear now. Free, always.

2. Become its guardian

The first person from each script takes the seat. Your name stays on the word.

3. Keep it alive

Speak it at home. Teach it to one person. Find its guardian across the border.