ہن

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): [han]

ہن (han)

1. one, 1

• Bechtholdt, Astrid (2025) “han”, in Burushaski Hunza Dictionary (Webonary), Dallas, Texas, USA: SIL International, published 2017.

Inherited from Old Punjabi ہن (hn /⁠huṇi⁠/), from Prakrit 𑀅𑀳𑀼𑀡𑀸 (ahuṇā), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀅𑀥𑀼𑀦𑀸 (adhunā), from Sanskrit अधुना (adhunā́).

• (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: huṇă, IPA^(key): /ɦʊ.ɳ/
• (Pakistan, dialectal) Phonetic: ū̀ṇă, IPA^(key): /uː˥˩.ɳ/

ہُݨ • (huṇ) (Gurmukhi spelling ਹੁਣ)

1. now, currently

   Synonyms: اَیس ویلے (ais vele), ہَلے (hale)

Cognate with Pahari-Potwari ہَن (han). Compare Urdu ہَیں (ha͠i). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• نے (ne) — Majhi
• ہِن (hin) — Jhangli, Shahpuri

• IPA^(key): /ɦə.n/

ہَن • (han) (Gurmukhi spelling ਹਨ)

1. third-person plural present indicative of ہوݨا (hoṇā)

Akin to Saraiki ہِن (hin). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• ـِن (-in) (suffix)

• (Jhangli, Shahpuri) IPA^(key): /ɦɪ.n/

ہِن • (hin) (Gurmukhi spelling ਹਿਨ)

1. (Jhangli, Shahpuri) third-person plural present indicative of ہوݨا (hoṇā); substitute of ہَن (han)

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “ہُن”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ہُن”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “adhunā́”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 13

ہن (han)

1. is