آخنا

Pahari-Potwari

Etymology

Inherited from Old Punjabi ਆਖਣੁ (ākhaṇu), from Sauraseni Apabhramsa 𑆃𑆑𑇀𑆒𑆅, from Prakrit 𑀅𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀇 (akkhaï), 𑀅𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸𑀇 (akkhāi), from Sanskrit आख्याति (ākhyāti).

Verb

آخْݨا (āxṇā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਆਖ਼ਣਾ)

1. (intransitive) to say, speak

Further reading

• شِیراز ،طاہِر [Tahir, Shiraz] (2016) “آخڑاں”, in شِیراز اُلُّغات: پوٹھوہارِی لُغَت [śīrāz ulluġāt: poṭhohārī luġat, Pothohari Dictionary] (in Urdu), Peshawar: گَنْدھارا ہِنْدْکو اَکیڈْمِی (gandhārā hindko akeḍmī) [Gandhara Hindko Academy], →ISBN, page 4, column 1.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ākhyāti”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 47