الاہما

Punjabi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀉𑀯𑀸𑀮𑀁𑀪 (uvālaṃbha), from Sanskrit उपालम्भ (upālambha). Cognate with Sindhi اولانڀو (olā̃bho).

Pronunciation

Noun

اُلَاہْما • (ulāhmām (Gurmukhi spelling ਉਲਾਹਮਾ) (Standard Punjabi)

  1. complaint
    Synonyms: شِکْوَہ (śikvah), شِکایَت (śikāyat)
    • 1995, حُسَین شاہِد [ḥusain śāhid], ڈَراکَل: ناوَل [ḍarākal: nāval, Timid: Novel], →OCLC, page 89:
      پیو نے تے خیر اوہدے نال اودوں وی پیار کیتا سی جدوں اروڑہ اوہنوں الاہمیاں دی موتے ماردا رہیا سی
      pyū ne te xair ohde nāl odoṉ vī piyār kītā sī jadoṉ aroṛah ohnūṉ ulāhmiyāṉ dī maute mārdā rahyā sī
      Though his dad loved him even when Arora would hit him to death with complaints.
  2. (by extension) criticism, indictment

Declension

Declension of الاہما
singular plural
direct اُلَاہْما (ulāhmā) اُلَاہْمے (ulāhme)
oblique اُلَاہْمے (ulāhme) اُلَاہْمیْاں (ulāhmiyāṉ)
vocative اُلَاہْمیْا (ulāhmiyā) اُلَاہْمیو (ulāhmeyo)
ablative اُلَاہْمیوں (ulāhmeyoṉ) اُلَاہْمیْاں (ulāhmiyāṉ)
locative اُلَاہْمِیں (ulāhmīṉ)
instrumental اُلَاہْمے (ulāhme)

Further reading

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “اُلاہما”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • ਉਲਾਹਮਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “upālambha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 108