क़ुल्ज़ुम

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian قلزم (qulzum), from Arabic اَلْقُلْزُم (al-qulzum), from Ancient Greek Κλῦσμα (Klûsma).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /qʊl.zʊm/, [qʊl.zʊ̃m], /kʊl.d͡ʒʊm/, [kʊl.d͡ʒʊ̃m]

Noun

क़ुल्ज़ुम • (qulzum) m (Urdu spelling قلزم)

  1. ocean, sea
  2. (by extension) red sea
    • 1979, Lekharāma, Kuliyata Arya Musafira : Hindi anuvada, On Hinduism according to Arya Samaj, Hindu reform movement:
      ...मूसा की कुल्जुम नदी की चमत्कार पूर्ण कथा।
      ...mūsā kī kuljum nadī kī camatkār pūrṇ kathā.
      ...miraculous story of Moses, concerning the red sea.
  • दरिया-ए-क़ुल्ज़ुम (dariyā-e-qulzum)
  • बहर-ए-क़ुल्ज़ुम (bahar-e-qulzum)
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.