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Punjabi
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀟𑀸𑀇𑀡𑀻 (ḍāiṇī), from Sanskrit डाकिनी (ḍākinī).
Pronunciation
Noun
ڈَیݨ • (ḍaiṇ) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਡੈਣ)
- witch; sorceress
- (figuratively, derogatory) hag; an unpleasant, ugly woman
2002, فیر کیہہ ہویا, Lahore, →OCLC, page 35:ایہہ تے اوس ڈین نوں وی نئیں پتہ۔- aih te os ḍaiṇ nūṉ vī naīṉ patah.
- Even that hag doesn't know about that.
Declension
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “ڈَین”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- “ਡੈਣ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ḍākínī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 311