تولیہ

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese toalha.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪ɔː.lɪ.jə/, /t̪oː.lɪ.jə/
• Rhymes: -ə

Noun

تَولِیَہ • (tauliya) m (Hindi spelling तौलिया)

1. towel

   نہانے کے بعد میں دو تولیے استعمال کرتا ہوں۔

   nahānē kē bād ma͠i dō tauliyē istemāl kartā hū̃.

   I use two towels after taking a shower.

Declension

Declension of تولیہ
	singular	plural
direct	تَولِیہ (tauliyah)	تَولِیے (tauliye)
oblique	تَولِیے (tauliye)	تَولِیوں (tauliyõ)
vocative	تَولِیے (tauliye)	تَولِیو (tauliyo)

References

• “تولیہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “tauliyā”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “توليہ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• “tauliya”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.