ਮੀਂਹ

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit मेघ (megha). Compare Urdu مین٘ہ (mẽh) / Hindi मेंह (mẽh) and Gujarati મેહ (meh).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Punjabi) Phonetic: mī̃́ IPA^(key): /mĩː˦/
• Rhymes: -ĩː˦

Noun

ਮੀਂਹ • (mī̃h) m (Shahmukhi spelling مینہہ)

1. rain
   • Guru Granth Sahib, Guru Ram Das, translation by Dr. Sant Singh Khalsa, ang 757:

     ਝਖੜੁ ਝਾਗੀ ਮੀਹੁ ਵਰਸੈ ਭੀ ਗੁਰੁ ਦੇਖਣ ਜਾਈ

     jhakhṛu jhāgī mīhu varsai bhī guru dekhaṇ jāī

     Even in violent storms and torrential rain, I go out to catch a glimpse of my Guru.

   ਅੱਜ-ਕੱਲ ਆਪਣੇ ਬਾਹਲ਼ਾ ਮੀਂਹ ਪੈਣ ਡਿਹਾ.

   ajja-kalla āpaṇe bāhḷā mī̃h paiṇ ḍihā.

   We've been having a lot of rain lately.

   Synonyms: ਵਰਖਾ (varkhā), ਬਰਸਾਤ (barsāt)

Declension

Declension of ਮੀਂਹ
dir. sg.	ਮੀਂਹ (mī̃h)
dir. pl.	ਮੀਂਹ (mī̃h)
	singular	plural
direct	ਮੀਂਹ (mī̃h)	ਮੀਂਹ (mī̃h)
oblique	ਮੀਂਹ (mī̃h)	ਮੀਂਹਾਂ (mī̃hā̃)
vocative	ਮੀਂਹਾ (mī̃hā)	ਮੀਂਹੋ (mī̃ho)
ablative	ਮੀਂਹੋਂ (mī̃hõ)	—
locative	ਮੀਂਹੇ (mī̃he)	ਮੀਂਹੀਂ (mī̃hī̃)
instrumental	ਮੀਂਹੇ (mī̃he)	ਮੀਂਹੀਂ (mī̃hī̃)

Derived terms

• ਮੀਂਹ ਪੈਣੇ (mī̃h paiṇe)

References

• “ਮੀਂਹ”, in Punjabipedia [ਪੰਜਾਬੀਪੀਡੀਆ] (in Punjabi), Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
• Singh, Bhai Maya (1895) “ਮੀਂਹ”, in The Panjabi Dictionary, Lahore: Munshi Gulab Singh and Sons.