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Etymology edit

Inherited from Sanskrit धूम (dhūmá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰuHmás, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós (smoke). Cognate with Ancient Greek θυμός (thumós), Latin fūmus, Old Church Slavonic дꙑмъ (dymŭ). Compare Urdu دُھواں (dhuvā̃) / Hindi धुआँ (dhuā̃).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

دُھواں (dhūāṉm (Gurmukhi spelling ਧੂੰਆਂ)

  1. smoke
    شَہِر توں دھُوآں آوندا پیا ہَے۔
    śahir toṉ dhūāṉ āvndā peyā hai.
    There's smoke coming from the town

Declension edit

Declension of دھواں
dir. sg. دُھواں (dhūāṉ)
dir. pl. دُھواں (dhūāṉ)
singular plural
direct دُھواں (dhūāṉ) دُھواں (dhūāṉ)
oblique دُھواں (dhūāṉ) دُھواں (dhūāṉ)
vocative دُھوا (dhūā) دُھوؤ (dhū'o)
ablative دُھوؤں (dhū'oṉ)
locative دُھوئے (dhū'e) دُھوِیں (dhuvīṉ)
instrumental

Further reading edit

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “دھُواں”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • دھواں”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dhūmá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 392

Urdu edit

Etymology edit

From Sanskrit धूम (dhūma), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós (smoke).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

دھواں (dhūā̃m (Hindi spelling धूआँ)

  1. smoke

References edit

  • دھواں”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • دھواں”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.