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Punjabi
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit मेघ (megha). Compare Urdu مین٘ہ (mẽh) / Hindi मेंह (mẽh) and Gujarati મેહ (meh).
Pronunciation
Noun
ਮੀਂਹ • (mī̃h) m (Shahmukhi spelling مینہہ)
- rain
- Guru Granth Sahib, Guru Ram Das, translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa, ang 757:
ਝਖੜੁ ਝਾਗੀ ਮੀਹੁ ਵਰਸੈ ਭੀ ਗੁਰੁ ਦੇਖਣ ਜਾਈ- jhakhṛu jhāgī mīhu varsai bhī guru dekhaṇ jāī
- Even in violent storms and torrential rain, I go out to catch a glimpse of my Guru.
ਅੱਜ-ਕੱਲ ਆਪਣੇ ਬਾਹਲ਼ਾ ਮੀਂਹ ਪੈਣ ਡਿਹਾ.- ajja-kalla āpaṇe bāhḷā mī̃h paiṇ ḍihā.
- We've been having a lot of rain lately.
- Synonyms: ਵਰਖਾ (varkhā), ਬਰਸਾਤ (barsāt)
Declension
| Declension of ਮੀਂਹ
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| dir. sg.
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ਮੀਂਹ (mī̃h)
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| dir. pl.
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ਮੀਂਹ (mī̃h)
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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ਮੀਂਹ (mī̃h)
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ਮੀਂਹ (mī̃h)
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| oblique
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ਮੀਂਹ (mī̃h)
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ਮੀਂਹਾਂ (mī̃hā̃)
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| vocative
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ਮੀਂਹਾ (mī̃hā)
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ਮੀਂਹੋ (mī̃ho)
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| ablative
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ਮੀਂਹੋਂ (mī̃hõ)
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—
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| locative
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ਮੀਂਹੇ (mī̃he)
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ਮੀਂਹੀਂ (mī̃hī̃)
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| instrumental
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ਮੀਂਹੇ (mī̃he)
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ਮੀਂਹੀਂ (mī̃hī̃)
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References
- “ਮੀਂਹ”, in Punjabipedia [ਪੰਜਾਬੀਪੀਡੀਆ] (in Punjabi), Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
- Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਮੀਂਹ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.