گونہہ

Punjabi

Alternative forms

گُوہ (gūh)

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀕𑀽𑀳 (gūha), from Sanskrit गूथ (gūtha, “excrement”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *guHtʰás. Cognate with Saraiki گُھوں (ghūṉ), Sindhi گُوڻهُ (gū̃hu) and Urdu گُو (gū).

Pronunciation

(Phonetic): gū̃́

(Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /ɡũː˩˥ᵊ/

Noun

گُون٘ہہ • (gūṉh) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਗੂੰਹ) (colloquial)

Derived terms

گُون٘ہہ کَڈّھݨا (gūṉh kaḍḍhṇā, “to press hard; beat mercilessly”)

Further reading

Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “گُونہہ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
“گُونہہ”, in پنجابی لغت (in Punjabi), Pakistan: Center for Language Engineering, (Can we date this quote?).
“ਗੂੰਹ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “gūtha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 226