دھواں

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit धूम (dhūma), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰuHmás, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós (smoke). Cognate with Ancient Greek θυμός (thumós), Latin fūmus, Old Church Slavonic дꙑмъ (dymŭ). Compare Urdu دھواں / Hindi धुआँ (dhuā̃).

Pronunciation

Noun

دُھواں (dhūaṉ) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਧੂੰਆਂ)

  1. smoke
    شَہِر توں دھُوآں آ رِہا وے۔
    śahir toṉ dhūāṉ ā rihā ve.
    There's smoke coming from the town

Declension

Declension of دھواں
dir. sg. دُھواں (dhūaṉ)
dir. pl. دُھواں (dhūaṉ)
singular plural
direct دُھواں (dhūaṉ) دُھواں (dhūaṉ)
oblique دُھواں (dhūaṉ) دُھواں (dhūaṉ)
vocative دُھوا (dhūa) دُھوؤ (dhū'o)
ablative دُھوؤں (dhū'oṉ)
locative دُھوئے (dhū'e) دُھوِیں (dhuvīṉ)
instrumental

References

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

Urdu

Etymology

From Sanskrit धूम (dhūma), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós (smoke).

Pronunciation

Noun

دھواں (dhūā̃) m (Hindi spelling धूआँ)

  1. smoke

References

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