مائیاں

Punjabi

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /mäː.iː.jä̃ː/
• Rhymes: -ä̃ː

Noun

مائِیاں • (māiyā̃) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਮਾਈਆਂ)

1. plural of مائی (mā'ī, “mother; older woman”)
2. (Marriage) a Punjabi wedding ceremony or function carried out before nuptials.

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “مائیاں”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਮਾਈਆਂ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024