ਤਾਉ

Punjabi

Alternative forms

  • ਤਾਅ (tāa), ਤੌ (tau)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit ताप (tāpá, “heat”), or from Prakrit 𑀢𑀯 (tava), from Sanskrit तपः (tápaḥ, “heat”).

Noun

ਤਾਉ • (tāu) ? (Shahmukhi spelling تاؤ)

  1. heat (of the sun or fire)
    Synonym: ਸੇਕ (sek)

Further reading

  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “tāpá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 328
  • Singh, Bhai Maya (1895), “ਤਾਉ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons, page 1116.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “tápas”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 322
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