ڈھینا

Punjabi

Punjabi verb set
ڈَھیݨا (ḍhaeṇā)
ڈھاݨا (ḍhāṇā)

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀥𑀲𑀇 (dhasaï), from Sanskrit ध्वसति (dhvasáti).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: ṭɛ̄̀ṇā IPA^(key): /ʈɛː˥˩.ɳäː/

Verb

ڈَھیݨا • (ḍhaiṇā) (intransitive, Gurmukhi spelling ਢਹਿਣਾ)

1. to fall down; drop
2. to be demolished; razed (of a building)
3. (in compounds) to fall down, collapse (physically, ie. to become weak or suffer a fall)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “ڈھَین”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “ڈھینا”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
• “ਢਹਿਣਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “dhváṁsati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press