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

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɔː.ɦəɾ/

Noun

جوہر • (jauhar) m (Hindi spelling जौहर)

1. jewel, gem

   Synonym: رتن (ratan)

2. essence, meaning
3. atom

   Synonym: ذرہ

Derived terms

• جوہری (jauhrī)

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)