نسنا

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Punjabi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Sanskrit नश्यति (náśyati).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

Punjabi verb set
نَسّݨا (nassṇā)
نَسّاݨا (nassāṇā)

نَسّݨا (nassṇā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਨੱਸਣਾ)

  1. to run
    Synonyms: بَھجّݨا (bhajjṇā), دَوڑنا (dauṛnā)
  2. to run away, flee
    1. to abscond
    2. to elope
  3. (transitive) to turn back (inc. figurative sense – ie. on promises etc.)
    1. to renege
      Synonym: مُکَّر جاݨا (mukkar jāṇā)

Conjugation[edit]

Further reading[edit]

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “نسّن”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • نسّنا”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “náśyati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 403