سونہہ

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Punjabi

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit शपथ (śapátha). Cognate with Sindhi سَنهُن (sãhũ), Urdu سوں (), Hindi सौंह (sa͠uh) and Konkani सवो (savo).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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سَون٘ہہ (sauṉhf (Gurmukhi spelling ਸੌਂਹ)

  1. oath; swear
    Synonym: قَسَم (qasam)
    • 1971, Afzal Ahsan, دیوا تے دریا [The Lamp and the River], Lahore, →OCLC, page 45:
      "ہور وڈی سونہہ کھا ایہہ کوئی سونہہ اے۔"
      "hor vaḍḍī sauṉh khā eh koī sauṉh e."
      "Swear by something greater, what kind of oath is that?"
  2. (by extension):
    1. pledge
      Synonym: حَلَف (ḥalaf)
    2. promise; affirmation; word
      Synonyms: وَعْدَہ (vaʻdah), قَرار (qarār)

Further reading

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  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “سَونہہ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • ਸੌਂਹ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “śapátha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 712