ਨਿੰਹ

Punjabi

Alternative forms

  • ਨੇਹ (neh), ਨਿਹੁੰ (nihũ), ਨੇਂਹੋ (nẽho), ਨਿਹੁੜਾ (nihuṛā)

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit स्नेह (sneha).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [nɪ̃˦]

Noun

ਨਿੰਹ • (nĩhm (Shahmukhi spelling نینہہ)

  1. love, affection

Declension

Declension of ਨਿੰਹ
singular plural
direct ਨਿੰਹ (nĩh) ਨਿੰਹ (nĩh)
oblique ਨਿੰਹ (nĩh) ਨਿੰਹਾਂ (nĩhā̃)
vocative ਨਿੰਹਾ (nĩhā) ਨਿੰਹੋ (nĩho)
ablative ਨਿੰਹੋਂ (nĩhõ)
locative ਨਿੰਹੇ (nĩhe) ਨਿੰਹੀਂ (nĩhī̃)
instrumental ਨਿੰਹੇ (nĩhe) ਨਿੰਹੀਂ (nĩhī̃)

References

  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “snēha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 797
  • Singh, Bhai Maya (1895), “ਨਿੰਹ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.