بھانویں

Punjabi

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Determiner

بھان٘ویں • (bhāṉveṉ) (Gurmukhi spelling ਭਾਵੇਂ)

  1. whether
  2. either

Adverb

بھان٘ویں • (bhāṉveṉ) (Gurmukhi spelling ਭਾਵੇਂ)

  1. possibly, may be, could
    ‏بھاویں اوْتھے ہی نَہ ہووے۔‎‎
    bhāveṉ othe hī nah hove.
    He might be over there.
  2. if you like
    ‏بھاویں تُوں اوْتھے ہی چَلے جا۔‎‎
    bhāveṉ tūṉ othe hī cale jā.
    Go there if you like.
  3. regardless
    ‏بھاویں تُوں اوْتھے جا، مَینُوں کوئی پَرْوَہ نَئیں۔‎‎
    bhāveṉ tūṉ othe jā, mainūṉ ko'ī parvah na'īṉ.
    Go there for all I care.
    (literally, “regardless if you go there, I do not care.”)

Usage notes

In text books it is written as بھان٘ویں‎ (bhāṉveṉ), while in dictionaries, this term is written as بھاویں‎ (bhāveṉ).

References

  • “بھاویں‎”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2023
  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “بھاویں‎”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
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