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Punjabi
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀕𑀽𑀳 (gūha), from Sanskrit गूथ (gūtha, “excrement”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *guHtʰás. Cognate with Saraiki گُھوں (ghūṉ), Sindhi گُوڻهُ (gū̃hu) and Urdu گُو (gū).
Pronunciation
Noun
گُون٘ہہ • (gūṉh) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਗੂੰਹ) (colloquial)
- ordure
- excrement; faeces
- filth
Derived terms
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “گُونہہ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- “گُونہہ”, in پنجابی لغت (in Punjabi), Pakistan: Center for Language Engineering, (Can we date this quote?).
- “ਗੂੰਹ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “gūtha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 226