ਆਥਣ

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Punjabi

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit अस्तमयन (astamáyana, setting (of sun)). Cognate with Hindi अथमना (athamnā), Gujarati આથમણું (āthamṇũ, western), and Marwari आथण (āthaṇ, evening).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ਆਥਣ (āthaṇf (Shahmukhi spelling آتھݨ) (chiefly Malwai)

  1. evening, sunset
    Synonyms: تَرکاࣇاں (tarkāḷāṉ), شام (śām)
  2. the West[1]

Declension

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Declension of ਆਥਣ
dir. sg. ਆਥਣ (āthaṇ)
dir. pl. ਆਥਣਾਂ (āthaṇā̃)
singular plural
direct ਆਥਣ (āthaṇ) ਆਥਣਾਂ (āthaṇā̃)
oblique ਆਥਣ (āthaṇ) ਆਥਣਾਂ (āthaṇā̃)
vocative ਆਥਣੇ (āthaṇe) ਆਥਣੋ (āthaṇo)
ablative ਆਥਣੋਂ (āthaṇõ) ਆਥਣਿਆੰ (āthaṇiā̃)
locative ਆਥਣੇ (āthaṇe) ਆਥਣੀਂ (āthaṇī̃)
instrumental ਆਥਣੇ (āthaṇe) ਆਥਣੀਂ (āthaṇī̃)

References

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  1. ^ Ralph Lilly Turner

Further reading

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  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “آتھن”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • ਆਥਣ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “astamáyana”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 43