پناہ

See also: پناه and بناة

Punjabi

Etymology

  • Etymology tree
    Middle Persian 𐭯𐭭𐭠𐭧 (pnʾḥ)
    Classical Persian پَنَاه (panāh)bor.
    Punjabi پَناہ (panāh)

    Borrowed from Classical Persian پَنَاه (panāh).

    Noun

    پَناہ • (panāh) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਪਨਾਹ)

    1. shelter, refuge, asylum, protection
      Synonym: شرن (sharan)

    Urdu

    Etymology

  • Etymology tree
    Middle Persian 𐭯𐭭𐭠𐭧 (pnʾḥ)
    Classical Persian پَنَاه (panāh)bor.
    Urdu پَناہ (panāh)

    Borrowed from Classical Persian پَنَاه (panāh). First attested in c. 1564 as Middle Hindi پناہ (pnah /⁠panāh⁠/).[1]

    Pronunciation

    • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /pə.nɑːɦ/
    • Rhymes: -ɑːɦ
    • Hyphenation: پَ‧ناہ

    Noun

    پَناہ • (panāh) f (Hindi spelling पनाह)

    1. refuge (ie. protection)
    2. shelter (ie. a place of security)
      Synonym: پَناہ گاہ (panāh gāh)
    3. asylum

    Declension

    Declension of پناہ
    singular plural
    direct پَناہ (panāh) پَناہیں (panāhẽ)
    oblique پَناہ (panāh) پَناہوں (panāhõ)
    vocative پَناہ (panāh) پَناہو (panāho)

    References

    1. ^ “پناہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

    Further reading

    • “پناہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
    • Fallon, Platts, Qureshi, Shakespear (2024), “پناه”, in Digital Dictionaries of South Asia [Combined Urdu Dictionaries]
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