Punjabi edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Sanskrit व्याहार (vyāhāra).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

واہَر (vāharf (Gurmukhi spelling ਵਾਰ੍ਹ)

  1. a mob in pursuit of thieves
  2. help
  3. tumult, uproar

Declension edit

Declension of واہر
dir. sg. واہَر (vāhar)
dir. pl. واہَراں (vāharāṉ)
singular plural
direct واہَر (vāhar) واہَراں (vāharāṉ)
oblique واہَر (vāhar) واہَراں (vāharāṉ)
vocative واہَرے (vāhare) واہَرو (vāharo)
ablative واہَروں (vāharoṉ)
locative واہَرے (vāhare) واہَرِیں (vāharīṉ)
instrumental واہَرے (vāhare) واہَرِیں (vāharīṉ)

Further reading edit

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “واہر”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • ਵਾਰ੍ਹ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vyāhāra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 707