Punjabi edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ਆਥਣ (āthaṇf (Shahmukhi spelling آتھݨ) (chiefly Malwai)

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

Declension edit

Declension of ਆਥਣ
dir. sg. ਆਥਣ (āthaṇ)
dir. pl. ਆਥਣਾਂ (āthaṇā̃)
singular plural
direct ਆਥਣ (āthaṇ) ਆਥਣਾਂ (āthaṇā̃)
oblique ਆਥਣ (āthaṇ) ਆਥਣਾਂ (āthaṇā̃)
vocative ਆਥਣੇ (āthaṇe) ਆਥਣੋ (āthaṇo)
ablative ਆਥਣੋਂ (āthaṇõ)
locative ਆਥਣੇ (āthaṇe) ਆਥਣੀਂ (āthaṇī̃)
instrumental ਆਥਣੇ (āthaṇe) ਆਥਣੀਂ (āthaṇī̃)

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