दूल्हा

Hindi

Alternative forms
  • दुल्हा (dulhā), दूलह (dūlah)

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀤𑀼𑀮𑁆𑀮𑀳 (dullaha), ultimately from Sanskrit दुर्लभक (durlabhaka, literally "hard to attain or gain"), from दुर्- (dur-, “hardly”) + लभक (labhaka, “attained”), itself a compound of the root लभ् (labh, “to gain, attain”) + -क (-ka, adjectival suffix from Proto-Indo-Iranian *-kas).

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /d̪uːl.ɦɑː/, [d̪uːl.ɦäː]

Noun

दूल्हा • (dūlhā) m (Urdu spelling دولہا or دولھا)

  1. groom, bridegroom

Declension
Declension of दूल्हा (masc ā-stem)
singular plural
direct दूल्हा
dūlhā		 दूल्हे
dūlhe
oblique दूल्हे
dūlhe		 दूल्हों
dūlhõ
vocative दूल्हे
dūlhe		 दूल्हो
dūlho

Borrowings
  • → Bengali: দুলহা (duloha)

See also
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