Housing and tenancy segments turn up constantly in the NAATI CCL Punjabi test — and they punish vagueness. A lease, a bond, an eviction notice: each is a legal fact that changes a tenant's position, so the wrong word isn't just clumsy, it's inaccurate. This guide collects the highest-value housing vocabulary, with accurate Gurmukhi, transliteration, and a natural voice you can tap and repeat.
- Tenancy is a rights conversation — keep terms precise. A vague eviction notice or breach changes the legal meaning.
- Use the natural community term: ਜ਼ਮਾਨਤ ਰਕਮ for bond, ਮਕਾਨ ਮਾਲਕ for landlord — not literary inventions or bare English.
- Say every term out loud: recognition is easy, fluent production under pressure is the real test.
- Housing overlaps the legal domain — pair this with your legal vocabulary and a full dialogue.
How to use this list
Go section by section. For each word: tap to hear it, say it back twice, and mark the ones that don't come instantly. Those marked words are your real study list — everything else you already own. Come back daily until the marked set is empty, then drill them inside a practice dialogue.
Signing the lease
The start of every tenancy: the agreement, the money up front, and who owns the place. These four anchor most housing segments:
Living there: the tenant's side
Once moved in, the conversation shifts to who's responsible for what — repairs, and the routine inspection that makes tenants nervous:
When things go wrong
The high-stakes end of the domain — overdue rent, a breach of the agreement, and the notice that follows. Precision here is everything:
More housing terms to know
Beyond the voiced set above, keep these everyday-but-tricky tenancy terms ready. Practise them out loud the same way:
| English | Punjabi | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| utilities (bills) | ਸਹੂਲਤਾਂ | sahūltā̃ |
| water / power bill | ਬਿੱਲ | bill |
| vacate (the property) | ਖਾਲੀ ਕਰਨਾ | khālī karnā |
| notice period | ਨੋਟਿਸ ਦੀ ਮਿਆਦ | noṭis dī miād |
| rental application | ਕਿਰਾਏ ਦੀ ਅਰਜ਼ੀ | kirāe dī arzī |
| real estate agent | ਪ੍ਰਾਪਰਟੀ ਏਜੰਟ | prāparṭī ejaṇṭ |
| rent increase | ਕਿਰਾਏ ਵਿੱਚ ਵਾਧਾ | kirāe vich vādhā |
| furnished (with furniture) | ਸਾਮਾਨ ਸਮੇਤ | sāmān samet |