जौहर

Hindi

Pronunciation
  • (Delhi Hindi) IPA(key): /d͡ʒɔː.ɦəɾ/, [d͡ʒɔː.ɦɐɾ]

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
  • जौहर करना (jauhar karnā, “to self-immolate”)
  • जौहर होना (jauhar honā, “to die sacrificially”)

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
Declension of जौहर (masc cons-stem)
singular plural
direct जौहर
jauhar		 जौहर, जवाहिरात, जवाहरात, जवाहर
jauhar, javāhirāt, javāhrāt, javāhar
oblique जौहर
jauhar		 जौहरों, जवाहिरात, जवाहरात, जवाहरों
jauharõ, javāhirāt, javāhrāt, javāharõ
vocative जौहर
jauhar		 जौहरो, जवाहिरात, जवाहरात, जवाहरो
jauharo, javāhirāt, javāhrāt, javāharo

References
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