The story
- Punjabi · derived fromلَہَݨا
- Punjabi · borrowed fromلَہَنْدا
- English todayLahnda
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”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.