دھواں

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀥𑀽𑀫 (dhūma), from Sanskrit धूम (dhūma), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰuHmás, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós, from *dʰewh₂- + *-mós. Cognate with Ancient Greek θυμός (thumós), Latin fūmus, Old Church Slavonic дꙑмъ (dymŭ). Compare Urdu دُھواں (dhuā̃) / Hindi धुआँ (dhuā̃).

• (Phonetic): tū̃̀ā̃

• IPA^(key): /t̪ũː˥˩.ä̃ː/, [ˈt̪ũː˥˩.wä̃ː]
  • (colloquial) IPA^(key): [ˈt̪ũː˥˩.ʋä̃ː], [ˈd̪ʊ̃˥˩.ʋä̃ː]
• Rhymes: -ä̃ː
• Hyphenation: دُھو‧آں

دُھواں • (dhūāṉ) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਧੂੰਆਂ)

1. smoke

   شَہِر توں دھُوآں آوندا پیا ہَے۔

   śahir toṉ dhūāṉ āvndā peyā hai.

   There's smoke coming from the town

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “دھُواں”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “دھواں”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dhūmá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 392

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀥𑀽𑀫 (dhūma), from Sanskrit धूम (dhūma), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰuHmás, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós, from *dʰewh₂- + *-mós.^[1] First attested in c. 1564 as Middle Hindi دھواں (dhvaṉ /⁠dhūā̃⁠/).^[2]

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d̪ʱuː.ɑ̃ː/
• Rhymes: -ɑ̃ː
• Hyphenation: دُھو‧آں

دُھواں • (dhuā̃) m (Hindi spelling धूआँ)

1. smoke

• “دھواں”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.