دہان

See also: دهان

Urdu

Etymology

From Classical Persian دهان (dahān, “mouth”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d̪ə.ɦɑːn/
• Rhymes: -ɑːn
• Hyphenation: دَ‧ہان

Noun

دَہان • (dahān) m (Hindi spelling दहान)

1. (anatomy) mouth (orifice in the face)
2. (by extension) mouth, opening

Derived terms

• دَہانِ آز (dahān-e-āz, “lust”)
• دَہانِ ضَیغَم (dahān-e-zaiġam, “(constellation) Leo's mouth”)
• دَہانی (dahānī, “[pretaining to the] mouth”)
• تُفَن٘گ دَہان (tufang-dahān, “firearm barrel”)

References

• “دہان”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “دہان”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Platts, John Thompson (1884) “دہان”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., →ISBN, →OCLC
• “دہان”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.