مانجھ

Pahari-Potwari

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit *मह्या (mahyā). Compare Punjabi مَجّھ (majjh), Saraiki مَنجھ (manjh).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mä̃ː˩˥.d͡ʒᵊ/

Noun

مان٘جھ (māṉjh) f (masculine سَن٘ڈھا, Gurmukhi spelling ਮਾਂਝ)

1. water buffalo (adult female)

Further reading

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*mahyā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 574