ਵਿਹੂੰ

Punjabi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *wisós

Proto-Indo-Iranian *wišás

Sanskrit वि॒ष (viṣá)

Prakrit 𑀯𑀺𑀲 (visa)

Old Punjabi ਵਿਸੁ (visu)

Punjabi ਵਿਹੁ (vihu)

Punjabi ਵਿਹੂੰ (vihū̃)

From ਵਿਹੁ (vihu), from Old Punjabi ਵਿਸੁ (visu), from Prakrit 𑀯𑀺𑀲 (visa), from Sanskrit वि॒ष (viṣá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *wišás, from Proto-Indo-European *wisós.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /ʋɪ˩˥.ũː(˥˩)/
• (emphatic, atonal dialects) IPA^(key): /ʋɪ.ɦũː/

Noun

ਵਿਹੂੰ • (vihū̃) m (Shahmukhi spelling وِہُوں)

1. Alternative form of ਵਿਹੁ (vihu, “poison”)

References

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “وِہوں”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz