झोल
Hindi edit
Etymology edit
Compare Bengali ঝোল (jhōl, “gravy”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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 edit
Declension of झोल (masc cons-stem)
Synonyms edit
Further reading edit
- 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.