چنھاں
Punjabi
Etymology
A corruption of جَھناں (jhanāṉ).
Proper noun
چَنھاں • (canhāṉ) m
- Alternative form of جَھناں (jhanāṉ)
References
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002), “چنھاں”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
Saraiki
Alternative forms
- چَنان٘ہہ (canāṉh)
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit चंदभागा (caṃdabhāgā), from Sanskrit चन्द्रभागा (candrabhāgā), from चन्द्र (candra) + भाग (bhāga) + -आ (-ā, feminine suffix). Compare Hindustani چَنَاب / चनाब (canāb).
Proper noun
چَنھاں (canhāṉ) m
- Chenab (a river in Punjab, Pakistan and the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the state of Himachal Pradesh in India)
References
- “چنھاں”, in Dictionary of the Jatki Or Western Panjábi Language (in English), United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis, 2019 (originally published in 1900), →ISBN, page 130
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “candrabhāgā”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 252