جھناں
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Punjabi
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Etymology
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Proto-Indo-Iranian *(s)čandrás
Sanskrit चन्द्र (candra)
Sanskrit चन्द्रभागा (candrabhāgā)
Prakrit 𑀘𑀁𑀤𑀪𑀸𑀕𑀸 (caṃdabhāgā)
Punjabi جَھناں (jhanāṉ)
From Prakrit 𑀘𑀁𑀤𑀪𑀸𑀕𑀸 (caṃdabhāgā), from Sanskrit चन्द्रभागा (candrabhāgā), from चन्द्र (candra) + भाग (bhāga). Compare Saraiki چَنان٘ہہ (canāṉh) and Hindustani چَنَاب (canāb) / चनाब (canāb).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: cànā̃́ IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃə˨.nä̃ː˦/
- Rhymes: -ä̃ː˦
Proper noun
جَھناں • (jhanāṉ) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਝਨਾਂ or ਚਨਾਬ)
- Chenab (a river in Punjab, Pakistan and the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the state of Himachal Pradesh in India).
- Synonym: چَناب (canāb)
- a. 1973, فقیر محمّد فقیر [fqer mḥmmd fqer, Faqir Muhammad Faqir], میرا دیس امیر [merā des amīr], quoted in لعلاں دی پنڈ [Laʻlān dī pinḍ], Lahore: Aziz Depot, archived from the original on 29 March 2023, page 375:
- وگے لہراں لیندا راوی ٹھاٹھاں مارے جھناں
- vagge lahrāṉ laindā rāvī ṭhāṭhāṉ māre jhanāṉ
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2001, شبنم اسحاق [Shabnam Isḥāq], سوہنی مہینوال [Sohṇī Mahīnvāl], Lahore: حیدر پبلیکیشنز [ḥedr pblekīśnz, Haider Publications], →OCLC, page 135:
- تے جھناں دا پانی ایڈا چڑھیا ہوندا اے کہ پاراوار کجھ نظر نہیں آؤندا
- te jhanāṉ dā pāṇī aeḍā caṛhiya hondā ae kih pārāvār kujh nahīṉ naz̤ar ā'undā
- And the Chenab waters rise so much, that nothing beyond the limit can be visible
- 2005, میر تنہا یوسفی [Mīr Tanhā Yūsufī], کالا چانن [Kālā cānaṇ], Lahore: Institute of Punjabi Language and Culture, →OCLC, page 25:
- تاریخ دے کسے موڑ اُتے راوی تے جھناں دے وِچکار لے علاقے وِچ
- tārīx de kise moṛ utte rāvī te jhanāṉ de vickār le ʻilāqe vicc
- At some point in history, the areas between Ravi and Chenab
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “جھناں”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- “جھناں”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “candrabhāgā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 252