ਤਾਹਨਾ

Punjabi

Etymology

    Borrowed from Classical Persian طَعْنَه (ta'na), borrowed from Arabic طَعْنَة (ṭaʕna), from طَعَنَ (ṭaʕana).[1]

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    ਤਾਹਨਾ • (tāhnām (Shahmukhi spelling طعنہ)

    1. taunt, gibe, ridicule
      Synonym: ਮਿਹਣਾ (mihṇā)

    Declension

    Declension of ਤਾਹਨਾ
    singular plural
    direct ਤਾਹਨਾ (tāhnā) ਤਾਹਨੇ (tāhne)
    oblique ਤਾਹਨੇ (tāhne) ਤਾਹਨਿਆਂ (tāhniā̃)
    vocative ਤਾਹਨਿਆ (tāhniā) ਤਾਹਨਿਓ (tāhnio)
    ablative ਤਾਹਨਿਓਂ (tāhniõ)
    locative ਤਾਹਨੇ (tāhne)
    instrumental ਤਾਹਨੇ (tāhne)
    • ਠੱਠਾ (ṭhaṭṭhā, joke, ridicule)
    • ਡੰਮ੍ਹਣਾ (ḍammhṇā, to taunt)

    References

    1. ^ Platts, John T. (1884), “طعنه”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 752