نماشاں

Punjabi

Etymology

Corrupted from Classical Persian نماز شام (namāz-e šām, “dusk prayer”), from نماز +‎ شام. Compare Pashto نماښام (nəmâx̌âm).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nə.mäːʃ.ʃä̃ː/

Noun

نَماشاں • (namāśāṉ) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਨਮਾਸ਼ਾਂ)

1. (Islam) maghrib

   Synonym: مَغْرِب (maġrib)

2. dusk

Coordinate terms

• سَرگھی (sarghī, “suhur, fajr”)
• پیشِیں (peśīṉ, “dhuhr”)
• ڈِیگَر (ḍīgar, “afternoon, asr”)
• کُفتاں (kuftāṉ, “isha”)

Derived terms

• نَماشاں ویࣇا (namāśāṉ veḷā, “dusk”)
• نَماشاں ڈھلݨ (namāśāṉ ḍhlṇ)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “ناماشاں”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz