ਹੁਣਿ

See also: ਹੁਣ

Old Punjabi

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁nedʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ń̥dʰwēn

Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hádʰwā

Sanskrit अध्व॑न् (ádhvan)

Sanskrit अ॒धु॒ना (adhunā́)

Ashokan Prakrit 𑀅𑀥𑀼𑀦𑀸 (adhunā)

Prakrit 𑀅𑀳𑀼𑀡𑀸 (ahuṇā)

Old Punjabi ਹੁਣਿ

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀅𑀳𑀼𑀡𑀸 (ahuṇā), from Ashokan Prakrit 𑀅𑀥𑀼𑀦𑀸 (adhunā), from Sanskrit अ॒धु॒ना (adhunā́), from अध्व॑न् (ádhvan), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hádʰwā (“road”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ń̥dʰwēn, from *h₁nedʰ-.

Adverb

ਹੁਣਿ (huṇi)

now

Descendants

Punjabi: ਹੁਣ / ہُݨ (huṇ)

Further reading

Christopher Shackle (2011), “ਹੁਣਿ”, in A Gurū Nānak Glossary, 2^nd edition, New Delhi: Heritage Publishers, →ISBN, page 65
“ਹੁਣਿ”, in Sri Guru Granth Sahib Dictionary, SriGranth.org, 2026
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “adhunā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 13