جھولا

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit [Term?], related to *झुल्यति (jhulyati, “to swing”).

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /d͡ʒʱuː.lɑː/
  • Rhymes: -ɑː
  • Hyphenation: جُھو‧لا

Noun

جُھولا • (jhūlā) m (Hindi spelling झूला)

  1. swing; hammock
  2. ride
  3. cradle
  4. (Hinduism) Jhulan Purnima (festival)
  5. (wrestling) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
  6. (Swords) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}. – a sound made prior to attacking.

Declension
Declension of جھولا
singular plural
direct جُھولا (jhūlā) جُھولے (jhūle)
oblique جُھولے (jhūle) جُھولوں (jhūlõ)
vocative جُھولے (jhūle) جُھولو (jhūlo)

Further reading
  • “جھولا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “جھولا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “جهولا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
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