توہین
Urdu
Etymology
Borrowed from Persian توهین, from Arabic تَوْهِين (tawhīn), verbal noun of وَهَّنَ (wahhana, “to debilitate, to dishearten”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /t̪ɔː.ɦiːn/
- Rhymes: -iːn
Noun
تَوْہِیْن • (tauhīn) f (Hindi spelling तौहीन)
- blasphemy, insult
- Synonyms: بے عزتی (be ’izzatī), ذلت (zillat)
- (figuratively) massacre
- اِس گانے کی توہین کیوں کرنا چاہتے ہو؟
- is gāne ki tauhīn kyū̃ karnā cāhte ho?
- Why do you want to massacre the song?
References
- “توہین”, in اُردُو لُغَت (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “توہین”, in Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2023.