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Punjabi
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀯𑀺𑀆𑀳𑁆 (viāh), 𑀯𑀺𑀯𑀸𑀳𑁆 (vivāh), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀯𑀺𑀯𑀸𑀳 (vivāha, Kalsi, Dhauli), 𐨬𐨁𐨬𐨱 (vivaha, Mansehra, Shahbazgarhi), from Sanskrit विवाह (vivāhá, literally “taking away ”). Compare Hindi ब्याह (byāh).
Pronunciation
Noun
ਵਿਆਹ • (viāha) m (Shahmukhi spelling ویاہ)
- marriage
- Synonyms: ਸ਼ਾਦੀ (śādī), ਨਿਕਾਹ (nikāh), ਮੈਰਿਜ (mairij)
- ਵਿਆਹਿਆ ਹੋਇਆ (viāhiā hoiā, “married”, adjective)
- ਵਿਆਹਿਆ ਵਰਿਆ (viāhiā variā, “married”, adjective)
- ਵਿਆਹੁਣਾ (viāhuṇā, “marry”, verb)
- ਵਿਆਹੁਤਾ f (viāhutā, “lawfully married”, adjective)
References
- Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਵਿਆਹ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons, page 1208.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vivāhá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 691