ਹਿੰਦਵਾਣਾ

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Old Punjabi

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Alternative forms

Noun

ਹਿੰਦਵਾਣਾ (hindavāṇā) (Shahmukhi ہندوانا)

  1. the Hindus, Hindu people

Adjective

ਹਿੰਦਵਾਣਾ (hindavāṇā) (Shahmukhi ہندوانا)

  1. Hindu; relating to Hinduism

Descendants

  • Punjabi: hindvāṇā (Hindu people, Hindu)
    Gurmukhi script: ਹਿੰਦਵਾਣਾ
    Shahmukhi script: ہندواݨا

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

ਹਿੰਦਵਾਣਾ (hindavāṇāf (Shahmukhi ہندوانہ)

  1. Alternative form of ਹਿੰਦਵਾਨਾ (hindavānā, watermelon)

References

Punjabi

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Derived from Classical Persian هِنْدُوَانَه (hinduwāna). First attested as Old Punjabi ਹਿੰਦਵਾਨਾ (hindavānā).

Noun

ਹਿੰਦਵਾਣਾ (hindvāṇām (Shahmukhi spelling ہندواݨہ)

  1. (dialectal) Alternative form of ਹਦਵਾਣਾ (hadvāṇā)
Declension
Declension of ਹਿੰਦਵਾਣਾ
dir. sg. ਹਿੰਦਵਾਣਾ (hindvāṇā)
dir. pl. ਹਿੰਦਵਾਣੇ (hindvāṇe)
singular plural
direct ਹਿੰਦਵਾਣਾ (hindvāṇā) ਹਿੰਦਵਾਣੇ (hindvāṇe)
oblique ਹਿੰਦਵਾਣੇ (hindvāṇe) ਹਿੰਦਵਾਣਿਆਂ (hindvāṇiā̃)
vocative ਹਿੰਦਵਾਣਿਆ (hindvāṇiā) ਹਿੰਦਵਾਣਿਓ (hindvāṇio)
ablative ਹਿੰਦਵਾਣਿਓਂ (hindvāṇiõ)
locative ਹਿੰਦਵਾਣੇ (hindvāṇe)
instrumental ਹਿੰਦਵਾਣੇ (hindvāṇe)
Descendants

Etymology 2

First attested as Old Punjabi ਹਿੰਦਵਾਣਾ (hindavāṇā).

Noun

ਹਿੰਦਵਾਣਾ (hindvāṇām (Shahmukhi spelling ہندواݨا)

  1. (archaic) the Hindus, Hindu people
    ਗੰਗ ਬਨਾਰਸ ਦਾ ਹਿੰਦਵਾਣਾ
    gaṅg banāras dā hindvāṇā
    The Hindus of Benares, Ganges

Adjective

ਹਿੰਦਵਾਣਾ (hindvāṇām (Shahmukhi spelling ہندواݨا)

  1. (archaic) Hindu; relating to Hinduism

References

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “ہِندوانہ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • ਹਿੰਦਵਾਣਾ”, in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Dictionary, SriGranth.org, 2024