Lahnda
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English
Etymology
From Punjabi لَہَنْدا / ਲਹਿੰਦਾ (lahindā, “west, western”), from Punjabi لَہَݨا / ਲਹਿਣਾ (lahiṇā, “to come down”), coming from the sense that the sun sets in the West. Compare Sindhi لهڻ (lahaṇu, “to obtain, get down, go down”).[1]
Proper noun
Lahnda
- A group of northwestern Indo-Aryan language varieties spoken in parts of Pakistan and India.
References
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*lasati2”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press