مینہہ

See also: مہینہ

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀫𑁂𑀳 (meha), from Sanskrit मेघ (mēghá). Compare Urdu مین٘ہ (mẽh) / Hindi मेंह (mẽh) and Gujarati મેહ (meh).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: mī̃́ IPA^(key): /mĩː˦/
• Rhymes: -ĩː˦

Noun

مِین٘ہہ • (mīṉh) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਮੀਂਹ)

1. rain

   Synonyms: بَرْسَات (barsāt), وَرْکھا (varkhā)

Further reading

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “مِینہہ”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “مینہہ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
• “ਮੀਂਹ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “mēghá”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 595