مہینہ

Punjabi

Alternative forms

• مَہِینا (mahīnā)

Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu مَہِینَہ (mahīna).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: ma̯ī̀nā IPA^(key): /mə̯iː˨.näː/
• Rhymes: -äː

Noun

مَہِینَہ • (mahīnah) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਮਹੀਨਾ)

1. month or thirty days

   Synonyms: مَان٘ہہ (māṉh), مَاہ (māh), مَاس (mās)

2. (informal) a monthly wage, allowance

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “مِہینہَ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਮਹੀਨਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024

Saraiki

Alternative forms

• مَہِینا (mahīnā)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mə.hiː.naː/

Noun

مَہِینَہ (mahīnah) m

1. month

Urdu

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /mə.ɦiː.nɑ(ː)/
• Hyphenation: مَ‧ہِی‧نَہ

Noun

مَہِینَہ • (mahīna) m (Hindi spelling महीना)

1. Alternative form of مَہِینَا (mahīnā)

Declension

Declension of مہینہ
	singular	plural
direct	مَہِینہ (mahīnah)	مَہِینے (mahīne)
oblique	مَہِینے (mahīne)	مَہِینوں (mahīnõ)
vocative	مَہِینے (mahīne)	مَہِینو (mahīno)

Further reading

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