پناہ

See also: پناه and بناة

Punjabi

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Middle Persian 𐭯𐭭𐭠𐭧 (pnʾḥ)

Classical Persian پَنَاه (panāh)bor.

Punjabi پَناہ (panāh)

Borrowed from Classical Persian پَنَاه (panāh).

Noun

پَناہ • (panāh) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਪਨਾਹ)

1. shelter, refuge, asylum, protection

   Synonym: شرن (sharan)

Urdu

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Middle Persian 𐭯𐭭𐭠𐭧 (pnʾḥ)

Classical Persian پَنَاه (panāh)bor.

Urdu پَناہ (panāh)

Borrowed from Classical Persian پَنَاه (panāh). First attested in c. 1564 as Middle Hindi پناہ (pnah /⁠panāh⁠/).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /pə.nɑːɦ/
• Rhymes: -ɑːɦ
• Hyphenation: پَ‧ناہ

Noun

پَناہ • (panāh) f (Hindi spelling पनाह)

1. refuge (ie. protection)
2. shelter (ie. a place of security)

   Synonym: پَناہ گاہ (panāh gāh)

3. asylum

Declension

Declension of پناہ
	singular	plural
direct	پَناہ (panāh)	پَناہیں (panāhẽ)
oblique	پَناہ (panāh)	پَناہوں (panāhõ)
vocative	پَناہ (panāh)	پَناہو (panāho)

Further reading

• “پناہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024) “پناه”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]