تہمت

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Punjabi

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Arabic تُهْمَة (tuhma)bor.
    Classical Persian تُهْمَت (tuhmat)bor.
    Punjabi تُہْمَت (tuhmat)

    Borrowed from Classical Persian تُهْمَت (tuhmat), borrowed from Arabic تُهْمَة (tuhma).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    تُہْمَت • (tuhmat) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਤੁਹਮਤ)

    1. imputation; accusation
      Synonym: اِلْزَام (īlzām)
    2. libel; slander; calumny
      Synonym: بُہْتَان (buhtān)

    Declension

    Declension of تہمت
    singular plural
    direct تُہْمَت (tuhmat) تُہْمَتاں (tuhmatāṉ)
    oblique تُہْمَت (tuhmat) تُہْمَتاں (tuhmatāṉ)
    vocative تُہْمَتے (tuhmate) تُہْمَتو (tuhmato)
    ablative تُہْمَتوں (tuhmatoṉ) تُہْمَتاں (tuhmatāṉ)
    locative تُہْمَتی (tuhmatī) تُہْمَتِیں (tuhmatīṉ)
    instrumental تُہْمَتِیں (tuhmatīṉ) تُہْمَتے (tuhmate)

    Further reading

    • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “تُہمت”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
    • “ਤੁਹਮਤ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025

    Urdu

    Etymology

      Etymology tree
      Arabic تُهْمَة (tuhma)bor.
      Classical Persian تُهْمَت (tuhmat)bor.
      Urdu تُہْمَت (tuhmat)

      Borrowed from Classical Persian تُهْمَت (tuhmat), borrowed from Arabic تُهْمَة (tuhma). First attested in c. 1682 as Middle Hindi تہمت (thmt /⁠tuhmat⁠/).[1]

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      تُہْمَت • (tuhmat) f (Hindi spelling तोहमत)

      1. imputation; accusation
        Synonym: اِلْزَام (ilzām)
      2. libel; slander; calumny
        Synonym: بُہْتَان (buhtān)

      Declension

      Declension of تہمت
      singular plural
      direct تُہْمَت (tuhmat) تُہْمَتیں (tuhmatẽ)
      oblique تُہْمَت (tuhmat) تُہْمَتوں (tuhmatõ)
      vocative تُہْمَت (tuhmat) تُہْمَتو (tuhmato)

      References

      1. ^ “تہمت”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

      Further reading

      • “تہمت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
      • Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “تہمت”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]
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