ਥਾਂ

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀣𑀸𑀫 (thāma), from Sanskrit स्थाम॑न् (sthā́man).

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /t̪ʰä̃ː/

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ਥਾਂ • (thā̃) f (Shahmukhi spelling تھاں)

1. place, spot, location
2. space, room
3. home, dwelling
4. post, position, situation

• ਥਾਂ ਥਾਂ (thā̃ thā̃, “everywhere”, adverb)
• ਥਾਂ ਲੇਵਾ m (thā̃ levā, “substitute”)

• Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਥਾਂ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.
• “ਥਾਂ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “sthā́man”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press