کنواں

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Old Hindi कुआ (kuā), from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀓𑀽𑀯𑀅 (kūvaa), 𑀓𑀽𑀯𑀕 (kūvaga), from Sanskrit कूपक (kūpaka).

Pronunciation

Noun

کُنواں • (kuā̃) m (Hindi spelling कुआँ)

  1. well (hole in the ground for fetching water)

Further reading

  • “کنواں”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “کنواں”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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