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Punjabi
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀥𑀲𑀇 (dhasaï), from Sanskrit ध्वसति (dhvasáti).
Pronunciation
Verb
ڈَھیݨا • (ḍhaiṇā) (intransitive, Gurmukhi spelling ਢਹਿਣਾ)
- to fall down; drop
- to be demolished; razed (of a building)
- (in compounds) to fall down, collapse (physically, ie. to become weak or suffer a fall)
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “ڈھَین”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “ڈھینا”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
- “ਢਹਿਣਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dhváṁsati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press