پناہ

See also: پناه and بناة

Punjabi

Etymology

    Etymology tree
    Middle Persian 𐭯𐭭𐭠𐭧 (pnʾḥ)
    Classical Persian پَنَاه (panāh)bor.
    Punjabi پَناہ (panāh)

    Borrowed from Classical Persian پَنَاه (panāh).

    Noun

    پَناہ • (panāh) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਪਨਾਹ)

    1. shelter, refuge, asylum, protection
      Synonym: شرن (sharan)

    Urdu

    Etymology

      Etymology tree
      Middle Persian 𐭯𐭭𐭠𐭧 (pnʾḥ)
      Classical Persian پَنَاه (panāh)bor.
      Urdu پَناہ (panāh)

      Borrowed from Classical Persian پَنَاه (panāh). First attested in c. 1564 as Middle Hindi پناہ (pnah /⁠panāh⁠/).[1]

      Pronunciation

      • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /pə.nɑːɦ/
      • Rhymes: -ɑːɦ
      • Hyphenation: پَ‧ناہ

      Noun

      پَناہ • (panāh) f (Hindi spelling पनाह)

      1. refuge (ie. protection)
      2. shelter (ie. a place of security)
        Synonym: پَناہ گاہ (panāh gāh)
      3. asylum

      Declension

      Declension of پناہ
      singular plural
      direct پَناہ (panāh) پَناہیں (panāhẽ)
      oblique پَناہ (panāh) پَناہوں (panāhõ)
      vocative پَناہ (panāh) پَناہو (panāho)

      References

      1. ^ “پناہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

      Further reading

      • “پناہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
      • Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “پناه”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]
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