ਡੇਹਮੂ

Punjabi

Alternative forms

• ਡੇਹਮੂੰ (ḍehmū̃)

Noun

ਡੇਹਮੂ • (ḍehmū) m

1. yellow hornet (Vespa simillima)

Adjective

ਡੇਹਮੂ • (ḍehmū)

1. (informal) short-tempered, irascible

Further reading

• “ਡੇਹਮੂ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2026
• Singh, Bhai Maya (1895), “ਡੇਹਮੂ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “*ḍēhmu”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 313