اولھا
Punjabi
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editInherited from Sanskrit *अवलय (avalaya).
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Punjabi) IPA(key): /oː˦.läː/, [oː˦l.läː]
- Rhymes: -äː
Noun
editاولھا • (olhā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਓਲ੍ਹਾ)
- cover; veil; screen
- cover; refuge; protection
- 1996, Farzand Ali, کنڈ پِچھے اکھاں [kanḍ picche akkhāṉ, Eyes behind thorns], Lahore, →OCLC, page 7:
- عام زندگی تے کہانی وچالے نہ کوئی اولھا ہون٘دا اے تے نہ کوئی جھاکا
- 'ām zindagī te kahāṇī vicāle na koī olhā hondā ai te na koī jhākā
- In the midst of everyday life and [in the midst of] stories, there is no cover, nor any caution
- cover; help; patronage
- Synonym: آسْرا (āsrā)
Declension
editDeclension of اولھا | ||
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dir. sg. | اولھا | |
dir. pl. | اولھے | |
singular | plural | |
direct | اولھا | اولھے |
oblique | اولھے | اولھیْاں |
vocative | اولھیْا | اولھیو |
ablative | اولھیوں | اولھیْاں |
locative | – | اولھِیں |
instrumental | اولھے | – |
Further reading
edit- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “اولھّا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- “ਓਲ੍ਹਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*avalaya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 36
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