لہنا

Punjabi

Punjabi verb set
لَہَݨا (lahaṇā)
لَاہْݨا (lāhṇā)
لُہَاݨا (luhāṇā)
لَہْواݨا (lahvāṇā)

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀮𑀲𑀇 (lasaï), from Sanskrit *लसति (lasati). Doublet of لَتّھݨا (latthṇā)

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: lǽṇā IPA^(key): /lɛ˦.ɳäː/

Verb

لَہَݨا • (lahaṇā) (intransitive, Gurmukhi spelling ਲਹਿਣਾ)

1. to get off; dismount; descend
2. to set (of the sun, moon etc.)
3. to ebb; subside; cast off
4. to land (of airplanes etc.)
5. to unload, be unloaded
6. to get dislocated
7. to be cleared (of debt)
8. to wear off; fade; detox (of an illness; medication; drugs; emotion etc.)
9. to be evident
10. to get off track; derail
11. (road transport) to exit, leave (highway or motorway)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• لَہَنْدا (lahandā, “West; west”)
• لَہَنْدی (lahandī, “the Western Punjabi dialect”)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “لہن”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “لہنا”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
• “ਲਹਿਣਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*lasati²”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 638