ਤਿਣ

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit तृण (tṛṇa). Doublet of ਤਰਿਣ (tariṇ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [t̪ɪɳᵊ]

Noun

ਤਿਣ • (tiṇm (Shahmukhi spelling تِن)

  1. a small bit of grass
  2. a mote
  3. a speck in the eye

Declension

Declension of ਤਿਣ
singular plural
direct ਤਿਣ (tiṇ) ਤਿਣ (tiṇ)
oblique ਤਿਣ (tiṇ) ਤਿਣਾਂ (tiṇā̃)
vocative ਤਿਣਾ (tiṇā) ਤਿਣੋ (tiṇo)
ablative ਤਿਣੋਂ (tiṇõ)
locative ਤਿਣੇ (tiṇe) ਤਿਣੀਂ (tiṇī̃)
instrumental ਤਿਣੇ (tiṇe) ਤਿਣੀਂ (tiṇī̃)

References

  • Singh, Bhai Maya (1895), “ਤਿਣ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “tŕ̥ṇa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 337