झोल

See also: झाला, झाले, झालं, झील, झूल, झूला, झूले, झूलो, झोला, and झोली

Hindi

Etymology

Compare Bengali ঝোল (jhōl, “gravy”).

Pronunciation

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒʱoːl/
Hyphenation: झोल
Rhymes: -oːl

Noun

झोल • (jhol) m (Urdu spelling جھول)

(of flesh) flaccidity, flabbiness, a wash of golden colour, gilding, bagginess, looseness, sagging or wrinkling of ill-fitting clothes, brood (of a bird), hatch, defect, flaw, weakness, litter, farrow (of dogs or pigs), offspring, lineage, soup, curry, gravy, broth
difference in uniformity of fitting in dress

Declension

Declension of झोल (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	झोल jhol	झोल jhol
oblique	झोल jhol	झोलों jholõ
vocative	झोल jhol	झोलो jholo

Synonyms

(broth): शोरबा (śorbā), सूप (sūp), ब्रॉथ (brŏth), रसा (rasā), यखनी f (yakhnī), यख़्नी f (yaxnī)

Further reading

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “झोल”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
Platts, John T. (1884) “झोल”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.

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