کانھ
Punjabi edit
Alternative forms edit
- کاہَن (kāhan)
Etymology edit
Inherited from Prakrit 𑀓𑀡𑁆𑀳 (kaṇha), from Sanskrit कृष्ण (kr̥ṣṇá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kr̥šnás (“black”), from Proto-Indo-European *kr̥snós (“black”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: kā́nă IPA(key): /käː˦nᵊ/
Proper noun edit
کانھ • (kānh) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਕਾਨ੍ਹ)
- (Hinduism) Krishna
- husband
- Synonym: خاوَنْد (xāvand)
- (figuratively) a handsome man
- (figuratively) proud, arrogant
Further reading edit
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “کانھ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- “ਕਾਨ੍ਹ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kr̥ṣṇá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 179