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Saraiki
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀉𑀩𑁆𑀪 (ubbha), from Sanskrit ऊर्ध्व (ūrdhvá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *r̥Hdʰwás (“high, upright”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃r̥dʰ-wó-s (“high, upright”).
The sense 'north' comes from the fact that the 'land up-river' is in the north.
Pronunciation
Noun
اُبّھا (ubbhā) m (feminine اُبّھی, Devanagari उब्भा, Multani 𑊂𑊝𑊟)
- north
References
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ūrdhvá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
- “ابھا”, in Dictionary of the Jatki Or Western Panjábi Language, United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis, 2019 (originally published in 1900), →ISBN, page 1