کولھو
Urdu edit
Alternative forms edit
- کولْہُو (kolhū) — nonstandard
Etymology edit
Inherited from Prakrit *𑀓𑁄𑀮𑁆𑀳𑀼𑀅 (*kŏlhua), from Sanskrit कुठर (kuṭhara). Compare Bengali কলু (kolu).
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Urdu) IPA(key): /koː.luː/
Noun edit
کولُھو • (kolhū) m (Hindi spelling कोल्हू)
- 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 edit
| Declension of کولھو | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| direct | کولُھو (kolhū) | کولُھو (kolhū) |
| oblique | کولُھو (kolhū) | کولُھووں (kolhūō̃) |
| vocative | کولُھو (kolhū) | کولُھوو (kolhūō) |
References edit
- “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