Punjabi

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Etymology

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Inherited from Sanskrit स्तम्भते (stambhate), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *stámbʰatay, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *stámbʰatay, regularized as a Class 1 verb from Proto-Indo-European *st-né-bʰ-ti. Cognate with Hindi थामना (thāmnā) and Marathi थांबणे (thāmbṇe), Doublet of ٹَھڈّا (ṭhaḍḍā).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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تَھمّھݨا (thammhṇā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਥੰਮ੍ਹਣਾ)

  1. (intransitive) to stop, halt, relent, slacken
  2. (transitive) to support, prop, hold, sustain
  3. (transitive) to stop, halt

References

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  • تھمھنا”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “stámbhatē”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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