توہین

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian ‎, from Arabic تَوْهِين‎ (tawhīn), verbal noun of وَهَّنَ‎ (wahhana, “to debilitate, to dishearten”).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪ɔː.ɦiːn/

(Deccani) IPA^(key): /t̪ɔː.ɦiːn/
Rhymes: -iːn

Noun

تَوْہِیْن • (tauhīn) f (Hindi spelling तौहीन)

blasphemy, insult
Synonyms: بے عزتی‎ (be ’izzatī), ذلت‎ (zillat)
(figuratively) massacre
‏اِس گانے کی توہین کیوں کرنا چاہتے ہو؟‎‎
is gāne ki tauhīn kyū̃ karnā cāhte ho?
Why do you want to massacre the song?

References

“توہین”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
“توہین”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English] (in English), Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.

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