جھناں

جھناں

Punjabi

Alternative forms

• چَنھاں‎ (canhāṉ)

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit चंदभागा (caṃdabhāgā), from Sanskrit चन्द्रभागा (candrabhāgā), from चन्द्र (candra) +‎ भाग (bhāga) +‎ -आ (-ā, feminine suffix). Compare Hindustani چَنَاب‎ / चनाब (canāb).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃə˨.nä̃ː˦/
• Rhymes: -ɑ̃ː
• Phonetic: cànā̃́

Proper noun

جَھناں • (jhanāṉ) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਝਨਾਂ or ਚਨਾਬ)

1. Chenab (a river in Punjab, Pakistan and the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the state of Himachal Pradesh in India)

References

• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “candrabhāgā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 252
• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “جھناں‎”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz