نماشاں

Punjabi

Etymology

Corrupted from Classical Persian نماز شام (namāz-e šām, dusk prayer), from نماز +‎ شام. Compare Pashto نماښام (nəmâx̌âm).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nə.mäːʃ.ʃä̃ː/

Noun

نَماشاں • (namāśāṉf (Gurmukhi spelling ਨਮਾਸ਼ਾਂ)

  1. (Islam) maghrib
    Synonym: مَغْرِب (maġrib)
  2. dusk

Coordinate terms

Derived terms

  • نَماشاں ویࣇا (namāśāṉ veḷā, dusk)
  • نَماشاں ڈھلݨ (namāśāṉ ḍhlṇ)

Further reading

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “ناماشاں”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz