تننا

Punjabi

Etymology

From Sanskrit तुन्न (tunná).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /t̪ʊ̃nˑᵊ.ɳäː/

Verb

تُنّݨا • (tunnṇā) (transitive, Gurmukhi spelling ਤੁੰਨਣਾ)

1. to stuff; fill with force or to capacity
2. to insert; push in (in something small)
3. to beat up

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “تُنن”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਤੁੰਨਣਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “tunná”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 334