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Urdu
Etymology
From جُھوٹھ (jhūṭh) – a dated form, inherited from Prakrit *𑀛𑀽𑀝𑁆𑀞 (*jhūṭṭha).
Pronunciation
Noun
جُھوٹ • (jhūṭ) m (Hindi spelling झूठ)
- lie, fib, falsehood, fabrication
Declension
| Declension of جھوٹ
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singular
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plural
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| direct
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جُھوٹ (jhūṭ)
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جُھوٹ (jhūṭ)
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| oblique
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جُھوٹ (jhūṭ)
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جُھوٹوں (jhūṭō̃)
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| vocative
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جُھوٹ (jhūṭ)
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جُھوٹو (jhūṭō)
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Derived terms
References
- “جھوٹ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
- “جھوٹ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
- Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “جهوٹ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*jhūṭṭha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 299