کولھو

Urdu

Alternative forms

• کولْہُو (kolhū) — nonstandard

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit *𑀓𑁄𑀮𑁆𑀳𑀼𑀅 (*kŏlhua), from Sanskrit कुठर (kuṭhara). Compare Bengali কলু (kolu).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /koː.luː/

Noun

کولُھو • (kolhū) m (Hindi spelling कोल्हू)

1. a bullock-driven oil mill

   کولُھو کا بَیل

   kolhū kā bail

   (idiomatic) a very hardworking person / a person stuck in a circle or routine

Declension

Declension of کولھو
	singular	plural
direct	کولُھو (kolhū)	کولُھو (kolhū)
oblique	کولُھو (kolhū)	کولُھووں (kolhūō̃)
vocative	کولُھو (kolhū)	کولُھوو (kolhūō)

References

• “کولھو”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Platts, John Thompson (1884) “کولهو”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., →ISBN, →OCLC
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कोल्हू”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press