منہ
Punjabi
Urdu
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Etymology
First attested in c. 1503 as Middle Hindi مُن٘ہ (mũh, “indifferent”), inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀫𑀼𑀳 (muha), 𑀫𑀼𑀖 (mugha), from Sanskrit मुख (múkha, “mouth, face, visage”). Compare Punjabi مُون٘ہہ (mūṉh).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /mũːɦ/
- Rhymes: -ʊ̃ɦ
Noun
مُن٘ہ • (mũh) m (Hindi spelling मुँह)
- (anatomy) mouth
- Synonym: دَہان (dahān)
- تُمْہارے مُن٘ہ میں کْیا ہَے؟
- tumhāre mũh mẽ kyā hai?
- What's in your mouth?
- (anatomy) face
- Synonym: چہرہ (cehrā)
- اُس نے میرے مُن٘ہ پَر پانی پھین٘کا۔
- us ne mere mũh par pānī phẽkā.
- He threw water on my face.
- (figurative) reputation
- سَماج کو کْیا مُن٘ہ دِکھائیں گے؟
- samāj ko kyā mũh dikhāẽ ge?
- We'll have no reputation in society!
- (literally, “What face can we show society?”)
- (figuratively) bad mood
- اُس کا مُن٘ہ بَنا ہوا ہَے
- us kā mũh banā huā hai
- He is in a bad mood.
- (literally, “He has a face on.”)
Declension
| Declension of منہ | ||
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| direct | مُن٘ہ (mũh) | مُن٘ہ (mũh) |
| oblique | مُن٘ہ (mũh) | مُن٘ہوں (mũhō̃) |
| vocative | مُن٘ہ (mũh) | مُن٘ہو (mũhō) |
Further reading
- “منہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “منہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “منہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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