جیالا

Urdu

Etymology

From جی (jī, “heart”) +‎ والا (vālā, “one (who is/has)”). Possibly a borrowing from Punjabi [Term?] or Sindhi [Term?] (where والا (vālā) would be آلا (ālā)).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɪ.jɑː.lɑː/
• (colloquial) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒe.jɑː.lɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː
• Hyphenation: جِ‧یا‧لا

Noun

جِیالا • (jiyālā) m (Hindi spelling जियाला)

1. (Pakistani politics) a member or supporter of the Pakistan Peoples Party.

Declension

Declension of جیالا
	singular	plural
direct	جیالا (jiyālā)	جیالے (jiyāle)
oblique	جیالے (jiyāle)	جیالوں (jiyālõ)
vocative	جیالے (jiyāle)	جیالو (jiyālo)

Adjective

جِیالا • (jiyālā) (Hindi spelling जियाला)

1. brave, courageous
2. loyal, devoted (extremely)
3. (figuratively, politics) blind

References

• “جیالا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “جیالا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.