لہنا

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Punjabi

Punjabi verb set
لَہَݨا (lahaṇā)
لَاہْݨا (lāhṇā)
لُہَاݨا (luhāṇā)
لَہْواݨا (lahvāṇā)

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀮𑀲𑀇 (lasaï), from Sanskrit *लसति (lasati). Doublet of لَتّھݨا (latthṇā)

Pronunciation

Verb

لَہَݨا (lahaṇā) (intransitive, Gurmukhi spelling ਲਹਿਣਾ)

  1. to get off; dismount; descend
  2. to set (of the sun, moon etc.)
  3. to ebb; subside; cast off
  4. to land (of airplanes etc.)
  5. to unload, be unloaded
  6. to get dislocated
  7. to be cleared (of debt)
  8. to wear off; fade; detox (of an illness; medication; drugs; emotion etc.)
  9. to be evident
  10. to get off track; derail
  11. (road transport) to exit, leave (highway or motorway)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “لہن”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “لہنا”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
  • ਲਹਿਣਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*lasati²”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 638