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Punjabi
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀮𑀲𑀇 (lasaï), from Sanskrit *लसति (lasati). Doublet of لَتّھݨا (latthṇā)
Pronunciation
Verb
لَہَݨا • (lahaṇā) (intransitive, Gurmukhi spelling ਲਹਿਣਾ)
- to get off; dismount; descend
- to set (of the sun, moon etc.)
- to ebb; subside; cast off
- to land (of airplanes etc.)
- to unload, be unloaded
- to get dislocated
- to be cleared (of debt)
- to wear off; fade; detox (of an illness; medication; drugs; emotion etc.)
- to be evident
- to get off track; derail
- (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