Punjabi edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Sanskrit वेल्य (vēlya).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

ویہلا (vehlā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਵਿਹਲਾ)

  1. idle, unoccupied
  2. (figuratively) unemployed

Declension edit

Declension of ویہلا
masculine feminine
singular plural singular plural
direct ویہلا (vehlā) ویہلے (vehle) ویہلی (vehlī) ویہلیاں (vehlīyāṉ)
oblique ویہلے (vehle) ویہلیْاں (vehliyāṉ) ویہلی (vehlī) ویہلیاں (vehlīyāṉ)

Further reading edit

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “ویہلا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vēlya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press