گوہ

Punjabi

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /ɡɔː˦/
• Rhymes: -ɔː˦

Noun

گَوہ • (gauh) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਗੌਹ or ਗਹੁ)

1. keen attention, focus

   Synonyms: غَور (ġaur), تَوَجُّہ (tauajjuh), دھیْان (dhiyān), سوچ (soc)

   • 2002, کَلِیم شَہْزَاد [kalīm śahzād], پاکستانی روپ کہانی [pākistānī rūp kahānī], Lahore, →OCLC, page 185:

     ایہ سُݨ کے اُستاد چھال مار کے اُٹھ بیٹھا تے سمّے نُوں گوہ نال ویکھݨ لگ پیا۔

     eh suṇ ke ustād chāl mār ke uṭṭh baiṭhā te samme nūṉ gauh nāl vekhaṇ lagg piyā.

     Hearing this, the teacher sat up right and started glaring towards Samma.

     (literally, “After hearing this, the teacher jumped up and attentively started looking towards Samma.”)

Declension

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Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “گَوہ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• “ਗੌਹ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025