دینہہ

Old Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit दिवस (divasá).

Noun

دین٘ہہ (deṉh) (Gurmukhi ਦੇਂਹ)

1. day
   • 12th Century, Bābā Farīd Ganj śakar, Kalam Baba Farid Ganj Shakar‎^[1], page 76:

     جَیں دین٘ہہ نالا کَپِّیا جے گَل کَپّیں چُکھ

     jaiṉ deṉh nālā kappiyā je gal kappīṉ cukh

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

• Punjabi:

  Shahmukhi script: ڈین٘ہہ (ḍeṉh), دین٘ہہ (deṉh)

  Gurmukhi script: ਦੇਹ (deh), ਦਿੰਹ (dĩh), ਦੇਂਹ (dẽh), ਡੇਂਹ (ḍẽh), ਦਿਹੁੰ (dihũ)

• Saraiki: ݙین٘ہہ (ḏeṉh), ݙِین٘ہہ (ḏīṉh)

Further reading

• “ਦੇਂਹ”, in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Dictionary, SriGranth.org, 2024
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “divasá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 363