اونگھ
Urdu
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Hindi [script needed] (*ōṅgh), from Sanskrit अवोङ्घा (*avōṅghā).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ũːŋɡʱ/
- Rhymes: -ũːŋɡʱ
Noun
اُون٘گھ • (ūṅgh) f (Hindi spelling ऊँघ)
- drowsiness, sleepiness; nodding
- Synonym: غُنُودَگی (ġunūdagī)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | اُون٘گھ (ūṅgh) | اُون٘گھیں (ūṅghẽ) |
| oblique | اُون٘گھ (ūṅgh) | اُون٘گھوں (ūṅghõ) |
| vocative | اُون٘گھ (ūṅgh) | اُون٘گھو (ūṅgho) |
Related terms
- اُون٘گھنا (ūṅghnā, “to doze; node from drowsiness”)
References
- ^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*avōṅghati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 39
Further reading
More information
- “اونگھ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “اونگھ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “اونگهـ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 84
- Platts, John T. (1884) “اونگهہ”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 108
- S. W. Fallon (1879) “اُونگهـ”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 182
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