توہین

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian توهین (tawhīn), from Arabic تَوْهِين (tawhīn), verbal noun of وَهَّنَ (wahhana, “to debilitate, to dishearten”).

Pronunciation

Noun

تَوْہِیْن • (tavhiyn) f (Hindi spelling तौहीन)

  1. blasphemy, insult
    Synonyms: بے عزتی (be ’izzatī), ذلت (zillat)
  2. (figuratively) massacre
    اِس گانے کی توہین کیوں کرنا چاہتے ہو؟
    is gāne ki tauhīn kyū̃ karnā cāhte ho?
    Why do you want to massacre the song?

References
  • “توہین”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “توہین”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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