سنیہا
Punjabi
Alternative forms
- سُنیہڑا (sunehṛā), سُنیہَہ (sunehah)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Punjabi ਸਨੇਹਾ (sanehā), from Prakrit 𑀲𑀁𑀤𑁂𑀲 (saṃdesa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit संदेश (saṃdeśa). Doublet of سَنْدیْش (sandeś) and سَنْدیسا (sandesā). Cognate with Pahari-Potwari سنہا (sanhā), Sindhi سنيهو (saneho).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: sunèā IPA(key): /sʊ.neː˨.äː/
- Rhymes: -äː
Noun
سُنیْہا • (sunehā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਸੁਨੇਹਾ)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | سُنیہا (sunehā) | سُنیہے (sunehe) |
| oblique | سُنیہے (sunehe) | سُنیہیْاں (sunehiyāṉ) |
| vocative | سُنیہیْا (sunehiyā) | سُنیہیو (suneheyo) |
| ablative | سُنیہیوں (suneheyoṉ) | سُنیہیْاں (sunehiyāṉ) |
| locative | – | سُنیہِیں (sunehīṉ) |
| instrumental | سُنیہے (sunehe) | – |
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “سُنیہا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- “ਸੁਨੇਹਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “saṁdēśa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 748
Saraiki
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀲𑀁𑀤𑁂𑀲 (saṃdesa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit संदेश (saṃdeśa).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sə.neː.haː/
Noun
سَنیہا (sanehā) m (Devanagari सनेहा, Multani 𑊥𑊚𑊦)
References
- “سنیہا”, in Dictionary of the Jatki Or Western Panjábi Language, United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis, 2019 (originally published in 1900), →ISBN, page 265, column 2
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “saṁdēśa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 748