مینہہ

See also: مہینہ

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀫𑁂𑀳 (meha), from Sanskrit मेघ (mēghá). Compare Urdu مین٘ہ (mẽh) / Hindi मेंह (mẽh) and Gujarati મેહ (meh).

Pronunciation

Noun

مِین٘ہہ • (mīṉh) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਮੀਂਹ)

  1. rain
    Synonyms: بَرْسَات (barsāt), وَرْکھا (varkhā)

Further reading

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “مِینہہ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “مینہہ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
  • “ਮੀਂਹ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mēghá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 595
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