طعنہ

Punjabi

Etymology

    Borrowed from Classical Persian طَعْنَه (ta'na), borrowed from Arabic طَعْنَة (ṭaʕna), from طَعَنَ (ṭaʕana).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    طَعْنَہ • (t̤aʻnahm (Gurmukhi spelling ਤਾਹਨਾ)

    1. taunt; jeer; sneer; jibe
      Synonyms: مِہْݨا (mihṇā), چوبھ (cobh), ٹِچْکَر (ṭickar)

    Declension

    Declension of طعنہ
    singular plural
    direct طَعْنَہ (t̤aʻnah) طَعْنے (t̤aʻne)
    oblique طَعْنے (t̤aʻne) طَعْنیاں (t̤aʻneyāṉ)
    vocative طَعْنیا (t̤aʻneyā) طَعْنیوْ (t̤aʻneyo)
    ablative طَعْنیوْں (t̤aʻneyoṉ)
    locative طَعْنے (t̤aʻne) طَعْنِیْں (t̤aʻnīṉ)
    instrumental طَعْنے (t̤aʻne) طَعْنِیْں (t̤aʻnīṉ)

    Further reading

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

    Urdu

    Etymology

      Borrowed from Classical Persian طَعْنَه (ta'na), borrowed from Arabic طَعْنَة (ṭaʕna), from طَعَنَ (ṭaʕana).[1] First attested in c. 1503 as Middle Hindi طعنہ (t̤'nh /⁠ta'na⁠/).[2]

      Pronunciation

      Noun

      طَعْنَہ • (ta'nam (Hindi spelling ताना)

      1. taunt; jeer; sneer; jibe

      Declension

      Declension of طعنہ
      singular plural
      direct طَعْنَہ (ta'nah) طَعْنے (ta'ne)
      oblique طَعْنے (ta'ne) طَعْنوں (ta'nõ)
      vocative طَعْنے (ta'ne) طَعْنو (ta'no)

      References

      1. ^ Platts, John T. (1884) “طعنه”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 752
      2. ^ طعنہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

      Further reading

      • طعنہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
      • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “طعن”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 424
      • John Shakespear (1834) “طعنه”, in A dictionary, Hindustani and English: with a copious index, fitting the work to serve, also, as a dictionary of English and Hindustani, 3rd edition, London: J.L. Cox and Son, →OCLC, page 1203