-ਵਾਂ

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /ʋä̃ː/

From Sanskrit -तव्य (-tavya, suffix for future passive participles).

-ਵਾਂ • (-vā̃)

1. Deverbal suffix, added to a verb root to form adjectives describing something prone to, purposed for, described by or characterized by the verb action)

   ‎ਬੱਝ (bajjha, “bound”) + ‎-ਵਾਂ (-vā̃) → ‎ਬੱਝਵਾਂ (bajjhavā̃, “steady, fixed, bound (of an amount)”)

   ‎ਟੁੱਟ (ṭuṭṭa, “break”) + ‎-ਵਾਂ (-vā̃) → ‎ਟੁੱਟਵਾਂ (ṭuṭṭavā̃, “piecemeal”)

   ‎ਫੇਰ (pher, “move, turn”) + ‎-ਵਾਂ (-vā̃) → ‎ਫੇਰਵਾਂ (phervā̃, “movable, turnable”)

Inherited from Prakrit -𑀫 (-ma) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-), from Sanskrit -म (-ma). Ultimately an Indo-Iranian innovation based off analogy. See *aštamás for more. Cognate with Persian ـم.

-ਵਾਂ • (-vā̃)

1. Forms ordinal numbers from cardinal numbers

   ‎ਛੇ (che, “six”) + ‎-ਵਾਂ (-vā̃) → ‎ਛੇਵਾਂ (chevā̃, “sixth”)