ਵਿਹੂੰ
Punjabi
Etymology
Etymology tree
From ਵਿਹੁ (vihu), from Old Punjabi ਵਿਸੁ (visu), from Prakrit 𑀯𑀺𑀲 (visa), from Sanskrit वि॒ष (viṣá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wišás, from Proto-Indo-European *wisós.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /ʋɪ˩˥.ũː(˥˩)/
- (emphatic, atonal dialects) IPA(key): /ʋɪ.ɦũː/
Noun
ਵਿਹੂੰ • (vihū̃) m (Shahmukhi spelling وِہُوں)
- alternative form of ਵਿਹੁ (vihu, “poison”)
References
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “وِہوں”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz