जौहर
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Hindi[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Sanskrit *जतुगृह (jatugṛha). Compare Marwari जौहर (jauhar).
Noun[edit]
जौहर • (jauhar) m (Urdu spelling جوہر)
- self-immolation on a pyre, especially that done by the Rajput women when facing capture, as men fought the final battle
- funeral pyre
- Synonym: चिता (citā)
Declension[edit]
Declension of जौहर (masc cons-stem)
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Borrowed from Arabic جَوْهَر (jawhar), from Early Classical Persian گوهر (gawhar), from Middle Persian gwhl (/gōhr, gōhar/, “substance, essence; jewel”). Compare Bengali জওহর (joōhor), Punjabi ਜੌਹਰ (jauhar).
Noun[edit]
जौहर • (jauhar) m (Urdu spelling جوہر)
Declension[edit]
Declension of जौहर (masc cons-stem)
singular | plural | |
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direct | जौहर jauhar |
जौहर, जवाहिरात, जवाहरात, जवाहर jauhar, javāhirāt, javāhrāt, javāhar |
oblique | जौहर jauhar |
जौहरों, जवाहिरात, जवाहरात, जवाहरों jauharõ, javāhirāt, javāhrāt, javāharõ |
vocative | जौहर jauhar |
जौहरो, जवाहिरात, जवाहरात, जवाहरो jauharo, javāhirāt, javāhrāt, javāharo |
References[edit]
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “जौहर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
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