تھمھنا

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit स्तम्भते (stambhate), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *stámbʰatay, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *stámbʰatay, regularized as a Class 1 verb from Proto-Indo-European *st-né-bʰ-ti. Cognate with Hindi थामना (thāmnā) and Marathi थांबणे (thāmbṇe), Doublet of ٹَھڈّا (ṭhaḍḍā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /t̪ʰəm˦.mᵊ.ɳäː/
• Rhymes: -äː

Verb

تَھمّھݨا • (thammhṇā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਥੰਮ੍ਹਣਾ)

1. (intransitive) to stop, halt, relent, slacken
2. (transitive) to support, prop, hold, sustain
3. (transitive) to stop, halt

References

• “تھمھنا”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “stámbhatē”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press