توہین

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian توهین (tawhīn), from Arabic تَوْهِين (tawhīn), verbal noun of وَهَّنَ (wahhana, “to debilitate, to dishearten”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪ɔː.ɦiːn/
• Rhymes: -iːn

Noun

تَوْہِیْن • (tavhiyn) f (Hindi spelling तौ्ही्न)

1. blasphemy, insult

   Synonyms: بے عزتی (be ’izzatī), ذلت (zillat)

2. (figuratively) massacre

   اِس گانے کی توہین کیوں کرنا چاہتے ہو؟

   is gāne ki tauhīn kyū̃ karnā cāhte ho?

   Why do you want to massacre the song?

References

• “توہین”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “توہین”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.