ویاہنا

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit विवाहयति (vivāhayati).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: vyā́ṇā IPA^(key): /ʋjäː˦.ɳäː/, /ʋɪ̆j.äː˦.ɳäː/

Verb

ویْاہݨا • (viyāhṇā) (transitive, Gurmukhi spelling ਵਿਆਹੁਣਾ)

1. to marry off; get someone married (commonly a dependant)

Related terms

• وِیاہ (viyāh, “marriage”)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “ویاہوَن”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਵਿਆਹੁਣਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “vivāhayati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 691