لوں

Punjabi

Alternative forms

  • اَلُوں (alūṉ)

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *Hréw-mn̥
    Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hráwma
    Sanskrit रोमन् (roman)
    Sanskrit लोमन् (loman)
    Prakrit 𑀮𑁄𑀫 (loma)
    Punjabi لُوں (lūṉ)

    Inherited from Prakrit 𑀮𑁄𑀫 (lōma), from Sanskrit लोमन् (lṓman).

    Cognates

    Cognate with Sindhi [script needed] (lũa), Marathi लों (lõ) / लोंव (louva), Kashmiri لوٗم (lūm), Gujarati લોમ (lom), Sinhalese [script needed] (lom), Assamese নোম (nüm)

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    لُوں • (lūṉ) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਲੂੰ)

    1. (anatomy) small body hair, trichome (a single strand of hair)

    Declension

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    Further reading

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