حوصلہ

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian حوصله (hawsala, “crop, maw; patience, forbearance; courage”), from Arabic حَوْصَلَة (ḥawṣala, “craw, bladder”).

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /ɦɔː.sə.lɑː/
  • (colloquial) IPA(key): /ɦɔːs.lɑː/
  • Rhymes: -ɑː

Noun

حَوصَلَہ • (ḥauṣala) m (Hindi spelling हौसला)

  1. courage, bravery, morale
    Synonym: ہمت (himmat)

Declension
Declension of حوصلہ
singular plural
direct حَوصَلہ (ḥauṣalah) حَوصَلے (ḥauṣale)
oblique حَوصَلے (ḥauṣale) حَوصَلوں (ḥauṣalõ)
vocative حَوصَلے (ḥauṣale) حَوصَلو (ḥauṣalo)

References
  • “حوصلہ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • “حوصلہ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
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