لاہنا

Punjabi

Punjabi verb set
لَہَݨا (lahaṇā)
لَاہْݨا (lāhṇā)

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀮𑀲𑀇 (lasaï), from Sanskrit *लसयति (lasayati).

Pronunciation

(Pakistan) Phonetic: lā́ṇā IPA^(key): /läː˦.ɳäː/
(India) Phonetic: lā́uṇā IPA^(key): /läː˦ʊ̯.ɳäː/

Verb

لَاہْݨا • (lāhṇā) (transitive, Gurmukhi spelling ਲਾਹੁਣਾ)

causative of لَہَݨا (lahaṇā)
to take off; take down; lower

Usage notes

The verb لَاہْݨا (lāhṇā) is distinct to the verb لَاݨا (lāṇā, “to install; hit”).

Further reading

Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “لاہوَن”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
“ਲਾਹੁਣਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*lāsayati²”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 640

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