ਹਵਾਈ
Punjabi edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Classical Persian هوایی (hawāyī), from Arabic هَوَائِيّ (hawāʔiyy).
Adjective edit
ਹਵਾਈ • (havāī) (Shahmukhi spelling هوایی)
- aerial (pertaining to air, flight, or the atmosphere)
Derived terms edit
- ਹਵਾਈ ਅੱਡਾ m (havāī aḍḍā, “airport”)
Etymology 2 edit
From English Hawaii, from Hawaiian Hawaiʻi.
Proper noun edit
ਹਵਾਈ • (havāī) ?
- An insular state United States, formerly a territory. Capital: Honolulu.
Further reading edit
- “ਹਵਾਈ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024