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Punjabi
Etymology
Unknown, perhaps from Sanskrit द्वार (dvā́ra, “door”). Cognate with Saraiki ٻُوہا (ḇūhā) and Pahari-Potwari بُوْوَا (būvā).
Pronunciation
Noun
بُوْہا • (būhā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਬੂਹਾ)
- door, entrance
- Synonym: دَرْوازَہ (darvāza)
1999, ثناور چدھڑ [S̲anāvar Caddhaṛ], پپل پورانى بھوئیں دا : كہانى پراگا [Pippal purāṇī bhoʼīṉ dā : kahāṇī parāgā, The pipal tree of the old homeland: complete stories], →OCLC, page 37:میں ایہناں دے گھر اَگوں کالج جاݨ لئی پیا لنگھدا ساں دُدھ والے اوہناں دا بُوہا کھڑکا کے مگروں زور دی واج لائی سی- maiṉ ehnāṉ de ghar aggoṉ kālaj jāṇ la'ī piya laṉghdā sāṉ duddh vāle ohnāṉ dā būhā khaṛkā ke magroṉ zor dī vāj lā'ī sī
- I was passing their house on my to college, the milkman knocked on their door and loudly called
- porch
- (figuratively) an opportunity
Declension
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “بُوہا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “بوہا”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
- “ਬੂਹਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024