Punjabi edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Sanskrit अस्तमयन (astamáyana, setting (of sun)).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

آتَھݨ (āthaṇf (Gurmukhi spelling ਆਥਣ) (chiefly Malwai)

  1. evening, sunset
    Synonyms: تَرکاࣇاں (tarkāḷāṉ), شام (śām)
  2. the West[1]

Declension edit

Declension of آتھن
dir. sg. آتَھݨ (āthaṇ)
dir. pl. آتَھݨاں (āthaṇāṉ)
singular plural
direct آتَھݨ (āthaṇ) آتَھݨاں (āthaṇāṉ)
oblique آتَھݨ (āthaṇ) آتَھݨاں (āthaṇāṉ)
vocative آتَھݨے (āthaṇe) آتَھݨو (āthaṇo)
ablative آتَھݨوں (āthaṇoṉ)
locative آتَھݨے (āthaṇe) آتَھݨِیں (āthaṇīṉ)
instrumental آتَھݨے (āthaṇe) آتَھݨِیں (āthaṇīṉ)

References edit

  1. ^ Ralph Lilly Turner

Further reading edit

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “آتھن”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • ਆਥਣ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “astamáyana”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 43