جوہر

See also: جوهر and خوهر

Urdu

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Classical Persian جوهر (jawhar), from Arabic جَوْهَر (jawhar), from Early Classical Persian گوهر (gawhar), from Middle Persian gwhl (/⁠gōhr, gōhar⁠/, “substance, essence; jewel”).

Pronunciation

Noun

جوہر • (jauhar) m (Hindi spelling जौहर)

  1. jewel, gem
    Synonym: رتن (ratan)
  2. essence, meaning
  3. atom
    Synonym: ذرہ
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Sanskrit *जतुगृह (jatugṛha).

Noun

جوہر • (jauhar) m (Hindi spelling जौहर)

  1. (rare) self-immolation on a pyre, especially that done by the Rajput women when facing capture, as men fought the final battle
  2. (rare) a funeral pyre
Declension
Declension of جوہر
singular plural
direct جوہر (jauhar) جوہر (jauhar)
oblique جوہر (jauhar) جوہروں (jauharō̃)
vocative جوہر (jauhar) جوہرو (jauharō)
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