جھوٹ

Urdu

Etymology

From جُھوٹھ (jhūṭh) – a dated form, inherited from Prakrit *𑀛𑀽𑀝𑁆𑀞 (*jhūṭṭha).

Pronunciation

Noun

جُھوٹ • (jhūṭ) m (Hindi spelling झूठ)

  1. lie, fib, falsehood, fabrication

Declension
Declension of جھوٹ
singular plural
direct جُھوٹ (jhūṭ) جُھوٹ (jhūṭ)
oblique جُھوٹ (jhūṭ) جُھوٹوں (jhūṭō̃)
vocative جُھوٹ (jhūṭ) جُھوٹو (jhūṭō)

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • جُھوٹ مُوٹ (jhūṭ-mūṭ)

References
  • “جھوٹ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “جھوٹ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “جهوٹ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*jhūṭṭha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 299
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