نگھ

Punjabi

FWOTD – 23 September 2024

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit निदाघ (nidāghá) / निदाघ्य (nidāghya).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: níggă IPA^(key): /nɪ˦ɡ.ɡə̆/

Noun

نِگّھ • (niggh) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਨਿੱਘ)

1. heat, warmth
2. peace, calmness
   • 2001, افضل احسن رندھاوا, پندھ: ناول [pndh: nāvl], Lahore: PILAC, →OCLC, page 134:

     مسٹر سنگھ بڑے نگھ نال کہݨ لگا

     misṭar siṉgh baṛe niggh nāl kahaṇ laggā

     Mister Singh proceeded to say, very calmly

3. (poetic) desire, love
   • 2022, “Moonrise”, performed by Atif Aslam:

     نگھ جیہا آوے تیرے کول

     niggh jehā āve tere kol

     As it comes to you like desire

Declension

Declension of نگھ
dir. sg.	نِگّھ (niggh)
dir. pl.	نِگّھاں (nigghāṉ)
	singular	plural
direct	نِگّھ (niggh)	نِگّھاں (nigghāṉ)
oblique	نِگّھ (niggh)	نِگّھاں (nigghāṉ)
vocative	نِگّھے (nigghe)	نِگّھو (niggho)
ablative	نِگّھوں (nigghoṉ)	نِگّھاں (nigghāṉ)
locative	نِگّھی (nigghī)	نِگّھِیں (nigghīṉ)
instrumental	نِگّھِیں (nigghīṉ)	نِگّھے (nigghe)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “نِگھ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਨਿੱਘ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*nidāghya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press