واہر

Punjabi

Alternative forms

• وارھ (vārh)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit व्याहार (vyāhāra).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: vā́rᵊ IPA^(key): /ʋäː˦ɾᵊ/

Noun

واہَر • (vāhar) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਵਾਰ੍ਹ)

1. a mob in pursuit of thieves
2. help
3. tumult, uproar

Declension

Declension of واہر
dir. sg.	واہَر (vāhar)
dir. pl.	واہَراں (vāharāṉ)
	singular	plural
direct	واہَر (vāhar)	واہَراں (vāharāṉ)
oblique	واہَر (vāhar)	واہَراں (vāharāṉ)
vocative	واہَرے (vāhare)	واہَرو (vāharo)
ablative	واہَروں (vāharoṉ)	واہَراں (vāharāṉ)
locative	واہَری (vāharī)	واہَرِیں (vāharīṉ)
instrumental	واہَرِیں (vāharīṉ)	واہَرے (vāhare)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “واہر”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਵਾਰ੍ਹ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vyāhāra”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 707