ویہت

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit वितस्ता (vitástā).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

ویہَت • (vehatf (Gurmukhi spelling ਵਿਹਤ or ਵੇਹਤ)

  1. Jhelum (a river in the Punjab of Pakistan and the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India)
    Synonym: جِہْلَم (jihlam)
    • 2015, سعید بُھٹا [Saʻīd Bhuṭṭah], کمال کہانی [Kamāl kahāṇī, An Excellent Story], 2nd edition (fiction), Lahore: سانجھ [sānjh], →ISBN, page 41:
      چار مہینے گُزر گئے۔ سکندر نوں ویہت نہیں لنگھن دِتا
      cār mahīne guzar ga'e. sakandar nūṉ vehat laṉghaṇ nahīṉ dittā
      Four months had passed. Sikandar wasn't [allowed to be] able to cross the [river] Jhelum

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