پناہ

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See also: پناه and بناة

Punjabi

Etymology

    Borrowed from Classical Persian پَنَاه (panāh).

    Noun

    پَناہ (panāhf (Gurmukhi spelling ਪਨਾਹ)

    1. shelter, refuge, asylum, protection
      Synonym: شرن (sharan)

    Urdu

    Etymology

      Borrowed from Classical Persian پَنَاه (panāh). First attested in c. 1564 as Middle Hindi پناہ (pnah /⁠panāh⁠/).[1]

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      پَناہ (panāhf (Hindi spelling पनाह)

      1. refuge (ie. protection)
      2. shelter (ie. a place of security)
        Synonym: پَناہ گاہ (panāh gāh)
      3. asylum

      Declension

          Declension of پناہ
      singular plural
      direct پَناہ (panāh) پَناہیں (panāhẽ)
      oblique پَناہ (panāh) پَناہوں (panāhõ)
      vocative پَناہ (panāh) پَناہو (panāho)

      References

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

      Further reading

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