Vocabulary

ਨਾਉਂਹਾਂ
nauhaan

fingernails (oblique plural of nauh/nuhun); in the expression 'dassaan nauhaan di kamaayi,' it means money earned through grueling manual labor, literally the earnings of ten fingernails worn down by work

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In this song
P-POP CULTURE · Karan Aujla
Verse 1
ਦੱਸਾਂ ਨਾਉਂਹਾਂ ਦੀ ਕਮਾਈ ਆਲਾ, ਫੂਕਦਾ ਨੀ ਹੁੰਦਾ
dassaan nauhaan di kamaayi aala, phukkda ni hunda
A man of ten-nails' earnings never gets shaken