English Explanatory Dictionary

Lahnda

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. A group of northwestern Indo-Aryan language varieties spoken in parts of Pakistan and India.

Word forms

Lahnda

Etymology

From Punjabi لَہَنْدا / ਲਹਿੰਦਾ (lahindā, “west, western”), from Punjabi لَہَݨا / ਲਹਿਣਾ (lahiṇā, “to come down”), coming from the sense that the sun sets in the West. Compare Sindhi لهڻ (lahaṇu, “to obtain, get down, go down”).

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