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Punjabi
Etymology
Inherited from Prakrit *𑀛𑀮𑁆𑀮𑁆 (*jhall, “to shine”). Compare Hindi झल्ला (jhallā)
Pronunciation
Adjective
جَھلّا • (jhallā) (feminine جھلی, Gurmukhi spelling ਝੱਲਾ)
- crazy, fool, mad
- Synonyms: کَمْلا (kamlā), پاگَل (pāgal), دِیْوَاݨَہ (dīvāṇah)
2002, اکمل شہزاد گھمن [Akmal Shahzād Ghumman], ایہہ کہانی نہیں : کہانیاں [aihah kahāṇī nahīn̲ : kahāṇiyān̲, This is not a story: stories], →OCLC, page 100:ہورے جھلا جیہا فیر کتھے چُنبھی مار گیا اے۔- Lord knows where this idiot has vanished off to.
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جَھلّا (jhallā)
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جَھلّے (jhalle)
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جَھلّی (jhallī)
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جَھلِّیاں (jhalliyāṉ)
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جَھلّے (jhalle)
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جَھلّیاں (jhalleyāṉ)
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جَھلّی (jhallī)
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جَھلِّیاں (jhalliyāṉ)
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Noun
جَھلّا • (jhallā) m (feminine جھلی, Gurmukhi spelling ਝੱਲਾ)
- same as adjective above
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Further reading
- Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “جھلّا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
- “ਝੱਲਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025