لاہنا

Punjabi

Punjabi verb set
لَہَݨا (lahaṇā)
لَاہْݨا (lāhṇā)
لُہَاݨا (luhāṇā)
لَہْواݨا (lahvāṇā)

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀮𑀲𑀇 (lasaï), from Sanskrit *लसयति (lasayati).

Pronunciation

• (Pakistan) Phonetic: lā́ṇā IPA^(key): /läː˦.ɳäː/
• (India) Phonetic: lā́uṇā IPA^(key): /läː˦ʊ̯.ɳäː/

Verb

لَاہْݨا • (lāhṇā) (transitive, Gurmukhi spelling ਲਾਹੁਣਾ)

1. causative of لَہَݨا (lahaṇā)
2. to take off; take down; lower

Usage notes

The verb لَاہْݨا (lāhṇā) is distinct to the verb لَاݨا (lāṇā, “to install; hit”).

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “لاہوَن”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਲਾਹੁਣਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*lāsayati²”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 640