لانگھا

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀮𑀸𑀁𑀖𑀓 (*lāṃghaka, “pertaining to crossing”). Cognate with Sindhi لانگهو‎ / लांघो / 𑋚𑋠𑋟𑊾𑋧 (lāṅgho).

Pronunciation

(Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /läː˦.ŋɡ.äː˨/
Rhymes: -ɑː
Phonetic: lā́ṅghā̀

Noun

لان٘گْھا • (lāṉghā) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਲਾਂਘਾ)

crossing, passage
- 1995, اَفْضَل تَوصِیف – afẓal tauṣīf, ہتھ نہ لا کسنبڑے, page 20:
  ‏سَیمِینار کَراؤن والیاں نے بَرَف دی سِلّ بَھنّ کے اِکّ لان٘گھا بَنایا سی۔‎‎
  saimīnār karā'oṇ vāliyaṉ ne baraf dī sill bhann ke ikk lāṉghā baṇāya sī.
  The seminar holders broke one of the ice blocks in order to create a passage.
way
corridor
‏کَرْتارپُوْر لانگھا‎‎ ― kartārpūr lānghā ― Kartarpur corridor

Declension

Declension of لانگھا
dir. sg.	لان٘گْھا‎ (lāṉghā)
dir. pl.	لان٘گْھے‎ (lāṉghe)
	singular	plural
direct	لان٘گْھا‎ (lāṉghā)	لان٘گْھے‎ (lāṉghe)
oblique	لان٘گْھے‎ (lāṉghe)	لان٘گْھِیاں‎ (lāṉghiyāṉ)
vocative	لان٘گْھِیا‎ (lāṉghiyā)	لان٘گْھِیو‎ (lāṉghiyo)
ablative	لان٘گْھِیوں‎ (lāṉghiyoṉ)	—
locative	لان٘گْھے‎ (lāṉghe)	—
instrumental	لان٘گْھے‎ (lāṉghe)	—

References

“لانگھا‎”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2023
Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “لانگھا‎”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “*lāṅghaka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 639

Saraiki

Etymology

Inherited from Ashokan Prakrit *𑀮𑀸𑀁𑀖𑀓 (*lāṃghaka, “pertaining to crossing”). Cognate with Punjabi ਲਾਂਘਾ (lāṅghā) / لانگھا‎ (lānghā), Sindhi لانگهو‎ / लांघो / 𑋚𑋠𑋟𑊾𑋧 (lāṅgho).

Noun

لانگھا (lānghā) m (Devanagari लांघा‎, Multani 𑊣𑊈‎)

path, way

References

“لانْگھا”, in Dictionary of the Jatki Or Western Panjábi Language (in English), United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis, 2019 (originally published in 1900), →ISBN, page 265, column 2
Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “*lāṅghaka”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 639