ਹਿੰਦਵਾਣਾ

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• ਹਿੰਦਵਾਨਾ (hindavānā)

ਹਿੰਦਵਾਣਾ (hindavāṇā) (Shahmukhi ہندوانا)

1. the Hindus, Hindu people

ਹਿੰਦਵਾਣਾ (hindavāṇā) (Shahmukhi ہندوانا)

1. Hindu; relating to Hinduism

• Punjabi: hindvāṇā (Hindu people, Hindu)

  Gurmukhi script: ਹਿੰਦਵਾਣਾ

  Shahmukhi script: ہندواݨا

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

ਹਿੰਦਵਾਣਾ (hindavāṇā) f (Shahmukhi ہندوانہ)

1. alternative form of ਹਿੰਦਵਾਨਾ (hindavānā, “watermelon”)

• “ਹਿੰਦਵਾਣਾ”, in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Dictionary, SriGranth.org, 2025

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /ɦɪnd̪.ʋäː.ɳäː/
• Rhymes: -äː

Derived from Classical Persian هِنْدُوَانَه (hinduwāna). First attested as Old Punjabi ਹਿੰਦਵਾਨਾ (hindavānā).

ਹਿੰਦਵਾਣਾ • (hindvāṇā) m (Shahmukhi spelling ہندواݨہ)

1. (dialectal) alternative form of ਹਦਵਾਣਾ (hadvāṇā)

• Punjabi: hadvāṇā (watermelon)

  Gurmukhi script: ਹਦਵਾਣਾ

  Shahmukhi script: ہدواݨا

  • Punjabi: duvāṇā

    Gurmukhi script: ਦੁਵਾਣਾ

    Shahmukhi script: دواݨا

First attested as Old Punjabi ਹਿੰਦਵਾਣਾ (hindavāṇā).

ਹਿੰਦਵਾਣਾ • (hindvāṇā) m (Shahmukhi spelling ہندواݨا)

1. (archaic) the Hindus, Hindu people

   ਗੰਗ ਬਨਾਰਸ ਦਾ ਹਿੰਦਵਾਣਾ

   gaṅg banāras dā hindvāṇā

   The Hindus of Benares, Ganges

ਹਿੰਦਵਾਣਾ • (hindvāṇā) m (Shahmukhi spelling ہندواݨا)

1. (archaic) Hindu; relating to Hinduism

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “ہِندوانہ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਹਿੰਦਵਾਣਾ”, in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Dictionary, SriGranth.org, 2025