دھواں

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit धूम (dhūma), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰuHmás, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós (“smoke”). Cognate with Ancient Greek θυμός (thumós), Latin fūmus, Old Church Slavonic дꙑмъ (dymŭ). Compare Urdu دھواں (dhvā̃) / Hindi धुआँ (dhuā̃).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t̪ũː˨.ä̃ː/
• Rhymes: -ɑ̃ː
• Phonetic: tū̃̀ā̃
• Hyphenation: دُھو‧آں

Noun

دُھوْاں • (dhūāṉ) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਧੂੰਆਂ)

1. smoke

   شَہِر توں دُھوْاں آ رِہا وے۔

   śahir toṉ dhūāṉ ā rihā ve.

   There's smoke coming from the town

Declension

Declension of دھواں
dir. sg.	دُھواں (dhūāṉ)
dir. pl.	دُھواں (dhūāṉ)
	singular	plural
direct	دُھواں (dhūāṉ)	دُھواں (dhūāṉ)
oblique	دُھواں (dhūāṉ)	دُھواں (dhūāṉ)
vocative	دُھوا (dhūā)	دُھوؤ (dhū'o)
ablative	دُھوؤں (dhū'oṉ)	—
locative	دُھوئے (dhū'e)	دُھوِیں (dhuvīṉ)
instrumental	—	—

References

• “دھواں”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “دھُواں”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz

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Urdu

Etymology

From Sanskrit धूम (dhūma), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós (“smoke”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d̪ʱuː.ɑ̃ː/

Noun

دھواں • (dhūā̃) m (Hindi spelling धूआँ)

1. smoke

References

• “دھواں”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “دھواں”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.