ابھا

Saraiki

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀉𑀩𑁆𑀪 (ubbha), from Sanskrit ऊर्ध्व (ūrdhvá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *r̥Hdʰwás (“high, upright”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃r̥dʰ-wó-s (“high, upright”).

The sense 'north' comes from the fact that the 'land up-river' is in the north.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʊb̚.bʰaː/
• Rhymes: -aː

Noun

اُبّھا (ubbhā) m (feminine اُبّھی, Devanagari उब्भा)

1. north

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ūrdhvá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
• “ابھا”, in Dictionary of the Jatki Or Western Panjábi Language, United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis, 2019 (originally published in 1900), →ISBN, page 1