کلاوا

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀓𑀮𑀸𑀯 (kalāva), from Sanskrit कलाप (kalāpa). Cognate with Marathi कळवा (kaḷvā) and Punjabi کلاوا (kalāvā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /kə.lɑː.ʋᵊ/, /kɪ.lɑː.ʋᵊ/

Noun

کَلاوَا • (kalāvā) m (Hindi spelling कलावा)

1. A rope tied around an elephant's neck to control it.

Descendants

• → Gujarati: કિલાવો (kilāvo)
• → Marathi: कलावा (kalāvā), किलावा (kilāvā)

Further reading

• “کلاوا”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “کلاوا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Platts, John T. (1884) “کلاوا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kalāpa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 149