غنیمت

Punjabi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian غَنِیمَت (ğanīmat), from Arabic غَنِيمَة (ḡanīma).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /ɣə.niː.mət̪/, [ɣɐ.niː.mɐt̪ᵊ]
  • (rustic) IPA^(key): [ɡɐ.niː.mɐt̪ᵊ]
• Hyphenation: غَ‧نِی‧مَت

Noun

غَنِیمَت • (ġanīmat) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਗ਼ਨੀਮਤ)

1. booty, plunder
2. boon, blessing

Declension

Declension of غنیمت
dir. sg.	غَنِیمَت (ġanīmat)
dir. pl.	غَنِیمَتاں (ġanīmatāṉ)
	singular	plural
direct	غَنِیمَت (ġanīmat)	غَنِیمَتاں (ġanīmatāṉ)
oblique	غَنِیمَت (ġanīmat)	غَنِیمَتاں (ġanīmatāṉ)
vocative	غَنِیمَتے (ġanīmate)	غَنِیمَتو (ġanīmato)
ablative	غَنِیمَتوں (ġanīmatoṉ)	غَنِیمَتاں (ġanīmatāṉ)
locative	غَنِیمَتی (ġanīmatī)	غَنِیمَتِیں (ġanīmatīṉ)
instrumental	غَنِیمَتِیں (ġanīmatīṉ)	غَنِیمَتے (ġanīmate)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “غنِیمَت”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਗਨੀਮਤ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024