تھوم

Pahari-Potwari

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly an early borrowing from Arabic ثُوم (ṯūm, garlic). If so, cognate with Urdu ثُوم (sūm).

The presence of th as opposed to the regular s suggests this term was borrowed directly from Arabic rather than via Classical Persian.

Compare Saraiki تُھوم (thūm), Punjabi تھوم (thom), and Sindhi ٿُومَ (thūma).

Noun

تھوم (thūm)

  1. garlic

Punjabi

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly an early borrowing from Arabic ثُوم (ṯūm, garlic). If so, cognate with Urdu ثُوم (sūm).

The presence of th as opposed to the regular s suggests this term was borrowed directly from Arabic rather than via Classical Persian.

Compare Saraiki تُھوم (thūm), Pahari-Potwari تُھوم (thūm), and Sindhi ٿُومَ (thūma).

Pronunciation

Noun

تھوم • (thomf (Gurmukhi spelling ਥੋਮ)

  1. garlic
    Synonym: لَسَݨ (lasaṇ)

Declension

Declension of تھوم
singular plural
direct تھوم (thom) تھوماں (thomāṉ)
oblique تھوم (thom) تھوماں (thomāṉ)
vocative تھومے (thome) تھومو (thomo)
ablative تھوموں (thomoṉ) تھوماں (thomāṉ)
locative تھومی (thomī) تھومِیں (thomīṉ)
instrumental تھومِیں (thomīṉ) تھومے (thome)

Further reading

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