जौहर

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Hindi

Pronunciation

  • (Delhi) IPA(key): /d͡ʒɔː.ɦəɾ/,

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit *जतुगृह (jatugṛha). Compare Marwari जौहर (jauhar).

Noun

जौहर • (jauhar) m (Urdu spelling جوہر)

  1. self-immolation on a pyre, especially that done by the Rajput women when facing capture, as men fought the final battle
  2. funeral pyre
    Synonym: चिता (citā)
Declension
Declension of जौहर (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct जौहर
jauhar 		जौहर
jauhar
oblique जौहर
jauhar 		जौहरों
jauharõ
vocative जौहर
jauhar 		जौहरो
jauharo
Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

जौहर • (jauhar) m (Urdu spelling جوہر)

  1. jewel
    Synonym: रत्न (ratna)
  2. essence, meaning
  3. atom
    Synonyms: ज़र्रा (zarrā), परमाणु (parmāṇu)
Declension of जौहर (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct जौहर
jauhar 		जौहर, जवाहर, जवाहिर, जवाहिरात, जवाहरात
jauhar, javāhar, javāhir, javāhirāt, javāharāt
oblique जौहर
jauhar 		जौहरों, जवाहरों, जवाहिरों, जवाहिरातों, जवाहरातों
jauharõ, javāharõ, javāhirõ, javāhirātõ, javāharātõ
vocative जौहर
jauhar 		जौहरो, जवाहरो, जवाहिरो, जवाहिरातो, जवाहरातो
jauharo, javāharo, javāhiro, javāhirāto, javāharāto

References

Marwari

Etymology

Inherited from Sanskrit *जतुघर (jatughara). Cognate with Hindustani جوہر / जौहर (jauhar).

Noun

जौहर (jauhar) m

  1. (historical) jauhar (self-immolation on a pyre, especially that done by the Rajput women when facing capture, as men fought the final battle)

Descendants

  • → Gujarati: જૌહર (jauhar)

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