آتھن

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit अस्तमयन (astamáyana, “setting (of sun)”).[1] Cognate with Hindi अथमना (athamnā), Gujarati આથમણું (āthamṇũ, “western”), Marwari आथण (āthaṇ, “evening”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aːt.tʰə.ɳ/

Noun

آتَھݨ • (āthaṇ) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਆਥਣ) (chiefly Malwai)

  1. evening, sunset
    Synonyms: تَرکاࣇاں (tarkāḷāṉ), شام (śām)
  2. the West[1]

Declension

Declension of آتھن
singular plural
direct آتَھݨ (āthaṇ) آتَھݨاں (āthaṇāṉ)
oblique آتَھݨ (āthaṇ) آتَھݨاں (āthaṇāṉ)
vocative آتَھݨے (āthaṇe) آتَھݨو (āthaṇo)
ablative آتَھݨوں (āthaṇoṉ) آتَھݨاں (āthaṇāṉ)
locative آتَھݨی (āthaṇī) آتَھݨِیں (āthaṇīṉ)
instrumental آتَھݨِیں (āthaṇīṉ) آتَھݨے (āthaṇe)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “astamáyana”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 43

Further reading

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “آتھن”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • “ਆਥਣ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
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