کنگھا

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit *कङ्कश (*kaṅkaśa).

Pronunciation

• (Phonetic): kã́n̆gā̀
• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /kəŋ˥.ɡäː/, [ˈkə̃ŋ˥.ɡäː(˧)]
• Rhymes: -äː

Noun

کنگھا • (kaṅghā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਕੰਘਾ)

1. comb

Derived terms

• کنگھی (kaṅghī)

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: कंघा (kaṅghā)

  Urdu: کَنگھا (kaṅghā)

• ⇒ Marathi: कंगवा (kaṅgvā)
• ⇒ Odia: କଙ୍ଗେଇ (kaṅgei)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “کنگھا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: عزیز پبلشرز [ʻazīz pabliśarz]
• “ਕੰਘਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “káṅkata”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 129