دھواں

Punjabi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-mós

Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós

Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰuHmás

Sanskrit धूम (dhūma)

Prakrit 𑀥𑀽𑀫 (dhūma)

Punjabi دُھواں (dhūāṉ)

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀥𑀽𑀫 (dhūma), from Sanskrit धूम (dhūma), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰuHmás, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós, from *dʰewh₂- + *-mós. Cognate with Ancient Greek θυμός (thumós), Latin fūmus, Old Church Slavonic дꙑмъ (dymŭ). Compare Urdu دُھواں (dhuā̃) / Hindi धुआँ (dhuā̃).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: tū̃̀ā̃ IPA^(key): /t̪ũː˨.ä̃ː/
• Rhymes: -ä̃ː
• Hyphenation: دُھو‧آں

Noun

دُھواں • (dhūāṉ) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਧੂੰਆਂ)

1. smoke

   شَہِر توں دھُوآں آوندا پیا ہَے۔

   śahir toṉ dhūāṉ āvndā peyā hai.

   There's smoke coming from the town

Declension

Declension of دھواں
dir. sg.	دُھواں (dhūāṉ)
dir. pl.	دُھواں (dhūāṉ)
	singular	plural
direct	دُھواں (dhūāṉ)	دُھواں (dhūāṉ)
oblique	دُھواں (dhūāṉ)	دُھواں (dhūāṉ)
vocative	دُھوا (dhūā)	دُھوؤ (dhū'o)
ablative	دُھوؤں (dhū'oṉ)	—
locative	دُھوئے (dhū'e)	دُھوِیں (dhuvīṉ)
instrumental	—	—

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “دھُواں”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “دھواں”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dhūmá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 392

Urdu

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-mós

Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós

Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰuHmás

Sanskrit धूम (dhūma)

Prakrit 𑀥𑀽𑀫 (dhūma)

Urdu دُھواں (dhuā̃)

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀥𑀽𑀫 (dhūma), from Sanskrit धूम (dhūma), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dʰuHmás, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós, from *dʰewh₂- + *-mós. First attested in c. 1564 as Middle Hindi دھواں (dhvaṉ /⁠dhūā̃⁠/).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d̪ʱuː.ɑ̃ː/
• Rhymes: -ɑ̃ː
• Hyphenation: دُھو‧آں

Noun

دُھواں • (dhuā̃) m (Hindi spelling धूआँ)

1. smoke

Further reading

• “دھواں”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.