جھوٹ

Urdu

Etymology

From جُھوٹھ (jhūṭh) – a dated form, inherited from Prakrit *𑀛𑀽𑀝𑁆𑀞 (*jhūṭṭha).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒʱuːʈ/
• (dated) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒʱuːʈʱ/
• Rhymes: -uːʈ

Noun

جُھوٹ • (jhūṭ) m (Hindi spelling झूठ)

1. lie, fib, falsehood, fabrication

Declension

Declension of جھوٹ
	singular	plural
direct	جُھوٹ (jhūṭ)	جُھوٹ (jhūṭ)
oblique	جُھوٹ (jhūṭ)	جُھوٹوں (jhūṭō̃)
vocative	جُھوٹ (jhūṭ)	جُھوٹو (jhūṭō)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• جُھوٹ مُوٹ (jhūṭ-mūṭ)

References

• “جھوٹ”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “جھوٹ”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “جهوٹ”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*jhūṭṭha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 299