گونہہ

Punjabi

Alternative forms

• گُوہ (gūh)

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀕𑀽𑀳 (gūha), from Sanskrit गूथ (gūtha, “excrement”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *guHtʰás, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷuh₁-tHó-s. Cognate with Saraiki گُھوں (ghūṉ), Sindhi گُوڻهُ (gū̃hu) and Urdu گُو (gū).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /ɡũː˦/
• Rhymes: -ũː˦

Noun

گُون٘ہہ • (gūṉh) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਗੂੰਹ) (colloquial)

1. ordure
2. excrement; faeces
3. filth

Derived terms

Derived terms

• گُون٘ہہ کَڈّھݨا (gūṉh kaḍḍhṇā, “to press hard; beat mercilessly”)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “گُونہہ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “گُونہہ”, in پنجابی لغت (in Punjabi), Pakistan: Center for Language Engineering, (Can we date this quote?).
• “ਗੂੰਹ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “gūtha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 226