منہ

Punjabi

Noun

مُن٘ہ • (muṉh) m

1. Alternative form of مُون٘ہہ (mūṉh)

Urdu

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منہ

کھوپڑی

دماغ

آنکھ

ہونٹ

ناک

منہ

ٹھوڑی

جبڑا

کنپٹی

کان

گردن

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Etymology

First attested in c. 1503 as Middle Hindi مُن٘ہ (mũh, “indifferent”), inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀫𑀼𑀳 (muha), 𑀫𑀼𑀖 (mugha), from Sanskrit मुख (múkha, “mouth, face, visage”). Compare Punjabi مُون٘ہہ (mūṉh).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mũːɦ/
• Rhymes: -ʊ̃ɦ

Noun

مُن٘ہ • (mũh) m (Hindi spelling मुँह)

1. (anatomy) mouth

   Synonym: دَہان (dahān)

   تُمْہارے مُن٘ہ میں کْیا ہَے؟

   tumhāre mũh mẽ kyā hai?

   What's in your mouth?

2. (anatomy) face

   Synonym: چہرہ (cehrā)

   اُس نے میرے مُن٘ہ پَر پانی پھین٘کا۔

   us ne mere mũh par pānī phẽkā.

   He threw water on my face.

3. (figurative) reputation

   سَماج کو کْیا مُن٘ہ دِکھائیں گے؟

   samāj ko kyā mũh dikhāẽ ge?

   We'll have no reputation in society!

   (literally, “What face can we show society?”)

4. (figuratively) bad mood

   اُس کا مُن٘ہ بَنا ہوا ہَے

   us kā mũh banā huā hai

   He is in a bad mood.

   (literally, “He has a face on.”)

Declension

Declension of منہ
	singular	plural
direct	مُن٘ہ (mũh)	مُن٘ہ (mũh)
oblique	مُن٘ہ (mũh)	مُن٘ہوں (mũhō̃)
vocative	مُن٘ہ (mũh)	مُن٘ہو (mũhō)

Further reading

• “منہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “منہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “منہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.