See also: چلنا and حلنا

Urdu

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Etymology

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Urdu verb set
جَلْنا (jalnā)
جَلانا (jalānā)
جَلْوانا (jalvānā)

First attested in c. 1649[1] as Middle Hindi جلنا (jlna /⁠jalnā⁠/), inherited from Prakrit 𑀚𑀮𑀇 (jalaï), from Sanskrit ज्वलति (jválati).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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جَلْنا (jalnā) (intransitive, Hindi spelling जलना)

  1. to burn, be on fire
  2. to be ignited
  3. to be jealous
  4. to become fried
  5. (transitive) to light; turn on (a light, lamp)

Conjugation

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  • Note: The second-person polite form آپ (āp) (āp) uses the third-person plural conjugation.

References

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  1. ^ جلنا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.

Further reading

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  • جلنا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “جلنا”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 231
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “jválati”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 292