آکھنا

• آخݨا (āxṇā)

Inherited from Old Punjabi ਆਖਣੁ (ākhaṇu), from Apabhramsa 𑆃𑆑𑇀𑆒𑆅 (akkhaï), from Prakrit 𑀅𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀇 (akkhaï), 𑀅𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀸𑀇 (akkhāi), from Sanskrit आख्याति (ākhyāti).

• IPA^(key): /aːk.kʰə̆.ɳaː/, /aːx.xə̆.ɳaː/

آکھݨا (ākhṇā) (Gurmukhi spelling ਆਖਣਾ)

1. (intransitive) to say, speak

• شِیراز ،طاہِر [Tahir, Shiraz] (2016) “آخڑاں”, in شِیراز اُلُّغات: پوٹھوہارِی لُغَت [śīrāz ulluġāt: poṭhohārī luġat, Pothohari Dictionary] (in Urdu), Peshawar: گَنْدھارا ہِنْدْکو اَکیڈْمِی (gandhārā hindko akeḍmī) [Gandhara Hindko Academy], →ISBN, page 4, column 1.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ākhyāti”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 47

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀅𑀓𑁆𑀔𑀇 (akkhaï), from Sanskrit आख्याति (ākhyāti). Cognate with Pahari-Potwari آخݨا (āxṇā) and Gujarati આખવું (ākhavũ).

• (Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /äːkʰ.ɳäː/
• (chiefly Pakistan) IPA^(key): [äːxᵊ.ɳäː]

آکھݨا • (ākhṇā) (transitive, Gurmukhi spelling ਆਖਣਾ)

1. to speak; say

   Synonyms: بولݨا (bolṇā), کَہْݨا (kahṇā), دَسّݨا (dassṇā)

2. to state
3. to order; promise

• Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “آکھن”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
• Bashir, Kanwal (2012) “آکھنا”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Hyattsville, MD: Dunwoody Press
• “ਆਖਣਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “ākhyāti”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press