بھانویں

Punjabi

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Determiner

بھان٘ویں • (bhāṉveṉ) (Gurmukhi spelling ਭਾਵੇਂ)

  1. whether
  2. either

Adverb

بھان٘ویں • (bhāṉveṉ) (Gurmukhi spelling ਭਾਵੇਂ)

  1. possibly, may be, could
    بھاویں اوْتھے ہی نَہ ہووے۔
    bhāveṉ othe hī nah hove.
    He might be over there.
  2. if you like
    بھاویں تُوں اوْتھے ہی چَلے جا۔
    bhāveṉ tūṉ othe hī cale jā.
    Go there if you like.
  3. regardless
    بھاویں تُوں اوْتھے جا، مَینُوں کوئی پَرْوَہ نَئیں۔
    bhāveṉ tūṉ othe jā, mainūṉ ko'ī parvah na'īṉ.
    Go there for all I care.
    (literally, “regardless if you go there, I do not care.”)

Usage notes

In text books it is written as بھان٘ویں (bhāṉveṉ), while in dictionaries, this term is written as بھاویں (bhāveṉ).

References
  • “بھاویں”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “بھاویں”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.