ਥੰਮ੍ਹਣਾ

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit स्तम्भते (stambhate), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *stámbʰatay, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *stámbʰatay, regularized as a Class 1 verb from Proto-Indo-European *st-né-bʰ-ti. Cognate with Hindi थामना (thāmnā) and Marathi थांबणे (thāmbṇe), Doublet of ਠੱਡਾ (ṭhaḍḍā).

Pronunciation

Verb

ਥੰਮ੍ਹਣਾ • (thammhṇā) (Shahmukhi spelling تَھمّھݨا)

  1. (intransitive) to stop, halt, relent, slacken
  2. (transitive) to support, prop, hold, sustain
  3. (transitive) to stop, halt

Conjugation

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