انھیر

Punjabi

Alternative forms

Etymology

Ultimately inherited from Sanskrit अन्धकार (andhakāra). Compare Urdu اندھیرا/Hindi अंधेरा (andherā).

Pronunciation

Noun

اَنھیر • (anherm (Gurmukhi spelling ਅਨ੍ਹੇਰ)

  1. darkness
  2. (figuratively) tyranny, outrage, injustice
    Synonym: ظُلم (z̤ulm)

Declension

Declension of انھیر
singular plural
direct اَنھیر (anher) اَنھیر (anher)
oblique اَنھیر (anher) اَنھیراں (anherāṉ)
vocative اَنھیرا (anherā) اَنھیرو (anhero)
ablative اَنھیروں (anheroṉ) اَنھیراں (anherāṉ)
locative اَنھیرے (anhere) اَنھیرِیں (anherīṉ)
instrumental اَنھیروں (anheroṉ)

References

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “انھیر”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz