زنانی

Punjabi

Etymology

PIE word
*gʷḗn

Borrowed from Classical Persian (zanānī), from (zanān, “women”) +‎ (-ī). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn (whence Classical Sanskrit जानि (jāni)). Compare Persian (zanâna).

Pronunciation

(Standard Punjabi, Pakistan) IPA^(key): /zə.nɑː.niː/
(India) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒə.nɑː.niː/
Rhymes: -iː

Noun

زَنانی • (zanānī) f (Gurmukhi spelling ਜ਼ਨਾਨੀ)

a woman, female human
(figuratively) wife

Declension

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Declension of زنانی
dir. sg.	زَنانی (zanānī)
dir. pl.	زَنانِیاں (zanānīyāṉ)
	singular	plural
direct	زَنانی (zanānī)	زَنانِیاں (zanānīyāṉ)
oblique	زَنانی (zanānī)	زَنانِیاں (zanānīyāṉ)
vocative	زَنانِیے (zanāniye)	زَنانِیو (zanānīv)
ablative	زَنانِیوں (zanānīvṉ)	—
locative	—	—
instrumental	—	—

Further reading

“ਜਨਾਨੀ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “زنانی”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz

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