ਆਥਣ
Punjabi
Etymology
Inherited from Sanskrit अस्तमयन (astamáyana, “setting (of sun)”). Cognate with Hindi अथमना (athamnā), Gujarati આથમણું (āthamṇũ, “western”), Marwari आथण (āthaṇ, “evening”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /äː.t̪ʰːə.ɳᵊ/
Noun
ਆਥਣ • (āthaṇ) f (Shahmukhi spelling آتھݨ) (chiefly Malwai)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| direct | ਆਥਣ (āthaṇ) | ਆਥਣਾਂ (āthaṇā̃) |
| oblique | ਆਥਣ (āthaṇ) | ਆਥਣਾਂ (āthaṇā̃) |
| vocative | ਆਥਣੇ (āthaṇe) | ਆਥਣੋ (āthaṇo) |
| ablative | ਆਥਣੋਂ (āthaṇõ) | ਆਥਣਿਆੰ (āthaṇiā̃) |
| locative | ਆਥਣੇ (āthaṇe) | ਆਥਣੀਂ (āthaṇī̃) |
| instrumental | ਆਥਣੇ (āthaṇe) | ਆਥਣੀਂ (āthaṇī̃) |
References
- ^ Ralph Lilly Turner
Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “آتھن”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- “ਆਥਣ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “astamáyana”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 43