یا or

Language
ruby
Surface
keywords
Locale
pa-Arab
Concept
or
Brain ID
ruby/keywords/or
Brevity ladder
یا → جاں
Upstream reference
ruby-doc.org · search
Brain version
1.1.0-alpha.13 · generated Mon, 20 Jul 2026 15:26:24 GMT · hash 4914b8003cdd29d0…

Provenance

Full per-leaf change history across brain builds is not yet recorded; shown is the current build's layer stack.

Discuss this term on the NADA forum →

Across locales

What each covering migration carries for this concept, per locale — the whole-brain view, not filtered by your language. Forms are the migration's leaf values (pre-transform, pre-human-verdict); a locale without a form falls back to canonical English. Chips open that locale's live docs page for this term.

bool-operators · concept or — per-locale forms

Expand to load the per-locale matrix.

demo-alpha · concept or — per-locale forms

Expand to load the per-locale matrix.

sealion-refinement · concept or — per-locale forms

Expand to load the per-locale matrix.

AI council review

Reviewed by 1 model · @cf/aisingapore/gemma-sea-lion-v4-27b-it · 2026-07-17

Cluster bool-operators · locale pa-Arab · member or

improve
verdict
جاں
existing translation
یا
improved translation
Explanation

'یا' (yā) is the more standard and precise translation of 'or' in Punjabi, specifically for disjunctive conjunctions. It's more commonly used when expressing alternatives, making it better suited for boolean logic.

Issue breakdown

  • accuracy While 'جاں' can mean 'or', it's more commonly associated with 'life' or 'soul'.
  • specificity Lacks specificity for logical OR.