دھواں
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Punjabi
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit धूम (dhūmá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰuHmás, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós (“smoke”). Cognate with Ancient Greek θυμός (thumós), Latin fūmus, Old Church Slavonic дꙑмъ (dymŭ). Compare Urdu دُھواں (dhuā̃) / Hindi धुआँ (dhuā̃).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: tū̃̀ā̃ IPA(key): /t̪ũː˨.ä̃ː/
- Rhymes: -ä̃ː
- Hyphenation: دُھو‧آں
Noun
دُھواں • (dhūāṉ) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਧੂੰਆਂ)
- smoke
- شَہِر توں دھُوآں آوندا پیا ہَے۔
- śahir toṉ dhūāṉ āvndā peyā hai.
- There's smoke coming from the town
Declension
| Declension of دھواں | ||
|---|---|---|
| dir. sg. | دُھواں (dhūāṉ) | |
| dir. pl. | دُھواں (dhūāṉ) | |
| singular | plural | |
| direct | دُھواں (dhūāṉ) | دُھواں (dhūāṉ) |
| oblique | دُھواں (dhūāṉ) | دُھواں (dhūāṉ) |
| vocative | دُھوا (dhūā) | دُھوؤ (dhū'o) |
| ablative | دُھوؤں (dhū'oṉ) | — |
| locative | دُھوئے (dhū'e) | دُھوِیں (dhuvīṉ) |
| instrumental | — | — |
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “دھُواں”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- “دھواں”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dhūmá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 392
Urdu
Etymology
From Sanskrit धूम (dhūma), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós (“smoke”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /d̪ʱuː.ɑ̃ː/
Noun
دھواں • (dhūā̃) m (Hindi spelling धूआँ)