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Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian توهین (tawhīn), from Arabic تَوْهِين (tawhīn), verbal noun of وَهَّنَ (wahhana, “to debilitate, to dishearten”).
Pronunciation
Noun
تَوْہِیْن • (tavhiyn) f (Hindi spelling तौ्ही्न)
- blasphemy, insult
- Synonyms: بے عزتی (be ’izzatī), ذلت (zillat)
- (figuratively) massacre
اِس گانے کی توہین کیوں کرنا چاہتے ہو؟- is gāne ki tauhīn kyū̃ karnā cāhte ho?
- Why do you want to massacre the song?
References
- “توہین”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “توہین”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.