لوں

Punjabi

Alternative forms

• اَلُوں (alūṉ)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *Hréw-mn̥

Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hráwma

Sanskrit रोमन् (roman)

Sanskrit लोमन् (loman)

Prakrit 𑀮𑁄𑀫 (loma)

Punjabi لُوں (lūṉ)

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀮𑁄𑀫 (lōma), from Sanskrit लोमन् (lṓman).

Cognates

Cognate with Sindhi [script needed] (lũa), Marathi लों (lõ) / लोंव (louva), Kashmiri لوٗم (lūm), Gujarati લોમ (lom), Sinhalese [script needed] (lom), Assamese নোম (nüm)

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /lũː/
• Rhymes: -ũː

Noun

لُوں • (lūṉ) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਲੂੰ)

1. (anatomy) small body hair, trichome (a single strand of hair)

Declension

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Further reading

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