जुन्हाई

Hindi

Etymology

From Sauraseni Prakrit [Term?], from Sanskrit ज्योत्स्ना (jyótsnā) with a suffix -ई (-ī). Cognate with Assamese জোন (zün, “moon”).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒʊn.ɦɑː.iː/, [d͡ʒʊ̃n.ɦäː.iː]

Noun

जुन्हाई • (junhāī) f (Urdu spelling جنھائی)

(archaic) moonlight
Synonym: चाँदनी (cā̃dnī)
- 1925 – present, गोपालदास "नीरज", “बसंत की रात [basant kī rāt]”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
  नींदिया बैरिन सुधि बिसराई,
  सेज निगोड़ी करे ढिठाई,
  तान मारे सौत जुन्हाई,
  रह-रह प्राण पिरात,
  चुभन की बात न करना!
  आज बसंत की रात,
  गमन की बात न करना।
  nīndiyā bairin sudhi bisrāī,
  sej nigoṛī kare ḍhiṭhāī,
  tān māre saut junhāī,
  rah-rah prāṇ pirāt,
  cubhan kī bāt na karnā!
  āj basant kī rāt,
  gaman kī bāt na karnā.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of जुन्हाई (fem ind ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	जुन्हाई junhāī	जुन्हाइयाँ junhāiyā̃
oblique	जुन्हाई junhāī	जुन्हाइयों junhāiyõ
vocative	जुन्हाई junhāī	जुन्हाइयो junhāiyo

References

Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “जुन्हाई”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha

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