کانھ
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Punjabi[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- کاہَن (kāhan)
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀳 (kaṇha), from Sanskrit कृष्ण (kr̥ṣṇá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kr̥šnás (“black”), from Proto-Indo-European *kr̥snós (“black”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: kā́nă IPA(key): /käː˦nᵊ/
Proper noun[edit]
کانھ • (kānh) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਕਾਨ੍ਹ)
- (Hinduism) Krishna
- husband
- Synonym: خاوَنْد (xāvand)
- (figuratively) a handsome man
- (figuratively) proud, arrogant
Further reading[edit]
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “کانھ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- “ਕਾਨ੍ਹ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kr̥ṣṇá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 179
Categories:
- Punjabi terms inherited from Prakrit
- Punjabi terms derived from Prakrit
- Punjabi terms inherited from Sanskrit
- Punjabi terms derived from Sanskrit
- Punjabi terms inherited from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Punjabi terms derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian
- Punjabi terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Punjabi terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Punjabi terms with IPA pronunciation
- Punjabi lemmas
- Punjabi proper nouns
- Punjabi proper nouns in Shahmukhi script
- Punjabi masculine nouns
- pa:Hinduism
- pa:People
- pa:Male family members