دھون

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀥𑀫𑀡𑀺 (dhamaṇi), from Sanskrit धमनि (dhamani).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: tɔ̄̀ṇ IPA^(key): /tɔː˨ɳᵊ/

Noun

دَھوݨ • (dhauṇ) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਧੌਣ)

1. nape of the neck

   Synonym: گِچّی (giccī)

Declension

Declension of دھون

	singular	plural
direct	دَھوݨ (dhauṇ)	دَھوݨاں (dhauṇāṉ)
oblique	دَھوݨ (dhauṇ)	دَھوݨاں (dhauṇāṉ)
vocative	دَھوݨے (dhauṇe)	دَھوݨو (dhauṇo)
ablative	دَھوݨوں (dhauṇoṉ)	دَھوݨاں (dhauṇāṉ)
locative	دَھوݨی (dhauṇī)	دَھوݨِیں (dhauṇīṉ)
instrumental	دَھوݨِیں (dhauṇīṉ)	دَھوݨے (dhauṇe)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “دھَون”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਧੌਣ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dhamáni”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 385