باجھوں

Punjabi

Etymology

Ablative of باجھ (bājh), inherited from Prakrit 𑀩𑀚𑁆𑀛 (bajjha), from Sanskrit बाह्य (bā́hya). Cognate with Saraiki ٻاجھوں (ḇājhoṉ) and Sindhi ٻاجھون (ḇājhoṉ) / ٻاجھان (ḇājhā̃).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: bā́jō̃ IPA^(key): /bäː˦.d͡ʒˑõː/
• Rhymes: -õː

Preposition

باجھوں • (bājhoṉ) (Gurmukhi spelling ਬਾਝੋਂ)

1. without; lacking

   Synonyms: بِنا (binā), بَغَیر (baġair)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “باجھوں”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਬਾਝੋਂ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “bā́hya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 521