ਅਹਿਣ

Punjabi

Etymology

From Sanskrit अशनि (aśáni, “thunderbolt”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /ɛːɳᵊ˦/, /ə.ɦɪɳᵊ/

Noun

ਅਹਿਣ • (ahiṇ) m (Shahmukhi spelling اَہِݨ)

1. hail (pellet or storm)

Declension

Declension of ਅਹਿਣ
dir. sg.	ਅਹਿਣ (ahiṇ)
dir. pl.	ਅਹਿਣ (ahiṇ)
	singular	plural
direct	ਅਹਿਣ (ahiṇ)	ਅਹਿਣ (ahiṇ)
oblique	ਅਹਿਣ (ahiṇ)	ਅਹਿਣਾਂ (ahiṇā̃)
vocative	ਅਹਿਣਾ (ahiṇā)	ਅਹਿਣੋ (ahiṇo)
ablative	ਅਹਿਣੋਂ (ahiṇõ)	—
locative	ਅਹਿਣੇ (ahiṇe)	ਅਹਿਣੀਂ (ahiṇī̃)
instrumental	ਅਹਿਣੇ (ahiṇe)	ਅਹਿਣੀਂ (ahiṇī̃)

Derived terms

• ਅਹਿਣ ਪੈਣੇ (ahiṇ paiṇe, “to hail”)

Further reading

• “ਅਹਿਣ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “aśáni”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press