وہوں
Punjabi
Etymology
Etymology tree
From وِہُ (vihu), from Old Punjabi وِسُ (visu), from Prakrit 𑀯𑀺𑀲 (visa), from Sanskrit वि॒ष (viṣá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wišás, from Proto-Indo-European *wisós.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /ʋɪ˩˥.ũː(˥˩)/
- (emphatic, atonal dialects) IPA(key): /ʋɪ.ɦũː/
Noun
وِہُوں • (vihūṉ) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਵਿਹੂੰ)
- alternative form of وِہُ (vihu, “poison”)
References
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “وِہوں”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz