نینہہ

Punjabi

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: nī́ IPA^(key): /niː˦/
• Rhymes: -iː˦

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit नेमि (nēmí).

Noun

نِین٘ہہ • (nīṉh) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਨੀਂਹ)

1. foundation; beginnings
   • 1994, کلیم شہزاد [kalīm śahzād], ضلع وہاڑی [ẓilaʻ vihāṛī], Lahore, →OCLC, page 13:

     بورڈ دی 1975ء وچ نین٘ہہ رکھی گئی تاں اوس دے وڈے ٹیچیاں وچ پنجاب دی تاریخ لکھواݨا وی متھیا گیا ہئی۔

     borḍ dī 1975' vicc nīṉh rakkhī ga'ī tāṉ os de vaḍḍe ṭīciyāṉ vicc pañjāb dī tārīx likhvāṇā vī mathiā giyā ha'ī.

     When the foundations of the board was laid in 1975, one of the bigger objectives of recording the history of the Punjab was also churned out.

2. foundation; base

Etymology 2

Noun

نِین٘ہہ • (nīṉh) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਨੀਂਹ)

1. Alternative form of نیون٘ہہ (niyoṉh, “love”)

Etymology 3

Interjection

نِین٘ہہ • (nīṉh) (Gurmukhi spelling ਨੀਂਹ)

1. no, don't

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “نِینہہ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਨੀਂਹ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “nēmí”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 427