ਮੰਝ

Punjabi

Etymology 1

Inherited from Sanskrit मध्य (madhya). Doublet of ਮੰਝਲਾ (mañjhlā), ਮਾਝ (mājh), ਮੰਝਾਰ (mañjhār), and ਮਾਝਾ (mājhā). Compare Pahari-Potwari ਮਾਂਝ (māñjh), Saraiki मंझ (mañjh).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /mə˩˥ɲ.d͡ʒ/

Noun

ਮੰਝ • (mañjh) f (Shahmukhi spelling مَن٘جھ)

1. the middle of the body
2. a waistcloth
3. a hoe for weeding

Etymology 2

Compare Pahari-Potwari ਮਾਂਝ (māñjh), Saraiki मंझ (mañjh). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Jatki) IPA^(key): /mə˨˦ɲ.d͡ʒ(ʱ)/

Noun

ਮੰਝ • (mañjh) f (male equivalent ਸਾਨ੍ਹ, Shahmukhi spelling مَن٘جھ)

1. (Jatki) water buffalo (adult female)

Declension

Declension of ਮੰਝ

	singular	plural
direct	ਮੰਝ (mañjh)	ਮੰਝਾਂ (mañjhā̃)
oblique	ਮੰਝ (mañjh)	ਮੰਝਾਂ (mañjhā̃)
vocative	ਮੰਝੇ (mañjhe)	ਮੰਝੋ (mañjho)
ablative	ਮੰਝੋਂ (mañjhõ)	—
locative	ਮੰਝੇ (mañjhe)	ਮੰਝੀਂ (mañjhī̃)
instrumental	ਮੰਝੇ (mañjhe)	ਮੰਝੀਂ (mañjhī̃)

References

• Singh, Bhai Maya (1895), “ਮੰਝ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.