دھنیا

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit धानेयक (dhāneyaka) or धानेय (dhāneya, “coriander”) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from धाना (dhānā, “grain”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *dʰaHnáH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰaHnáH, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰoHnéh₂.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: tànīyā IPA(key): /t̪ə˩.niː.äː/, [t̪ə˩.ˈniː.jäː]
    • (colloquial) IPA(key): [ˈt̪əɳ˩.jäː]
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  • Rhymes: -äː

Noun

دَھنِیا • (dhanīyā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਧਨੀਆ)

  1. coriander, Coriandrum sativum (plant and seed)

Declension

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Further reading

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “دھنیا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “دھنیا”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
  • “ਧਨੀਆ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
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