تہمت
Punjabi
Etymology
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Borrowed from Classical Persian تُهْمَت (tuhmat), borrowed from Arabic تُهْمَة (tuhma).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /t̪ʊɦ.mət̪/, [t̪o˦ʱ.mət̪ᵊ]
Noun
تُہْمَت • (tuhmat) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਤੁਹਮਤ)
- imputation; accusation
- Synonym: اِلْزَام (īlzām)
- libel; slander; calumny
- Synonym: بُہْتَان (buhtān)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | تُہْمَت (tuhmat) | تُہْمَتاں (tuhmatāṉ) |
| oblique | تُہْمَت (tuhmat) | تُہْمَتاں (tuhmatāṉ) |
| vocative | تُہْمَتے (tuhmate) | تُہْمَتو (tuhmato) |
| ablative | تُہْمَتوں (tuhmatoṉ) | تُہْمَتاں (tuhmatāṉ) |
| locative | تُہْمَتی (tuhmatī) | تُہْمَتِیں (tuhmatīṉ) |
| instrumental | تُہْمَتِیں (tuhmatīṉ) | تُہْمَتے (tuhmate) |
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “تُہمت”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- “ਤੁਹਮਤ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Classical Persian تُهْمَت (tuhmat), borrowed from Arabic تُهْمَة (tuhma). First attested in c. 1682 as Middle Hindi تہمت (thmt /tuhmat/).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /t̪ʊɦ.mət̪/, [t̪oɦ.mət̪]
- Rhymes: -ət̪
- Hyphenation: تُہ‧مَت
Noun
تُہْمَت • (tuhmat) f (Hindi spelling तोहमत)
- imputation; accusation
- Synonym: اِلْزَام (ilzām)
- libel; slander; calumny
- Synonym: بُہْتَان (buhtān)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | تُہْمَت (tuhmat) | تُہْمَتیں (tuhmatẽ) |
| oblique | تُہْمَت (tuhmat) | تُہْمَتوں (tuhmatõ) |
| vocative | تُہْمَت (tuhmat) | تُہْمَتو (tuhmato) |
References
Further reading
- “تہمت”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
- Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “تہمت”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]
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