अलाव
Hindi
editEtymology
editInherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀅𑀮𑀸𑀬 (alāya), from Sanskrit अलात (alāta). Cognate with Gujarati અલાવો (alāvo).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editअलाव • (alāv) m (Urdu spelling الاو)
- fire lit in the open (as for warmth on winter nights)
- Synonym: कोड़ा (koṛā)
- 1990, प्रेमचंद की हिन्दी-उर्दू कहानियाँ[1]:
- झोपड़े के द्वार पर बाप और बेटा दोनों एक बुझे हुए अलाव के सामने चुपचाप बैठे हुए हैं और अन्दर बेटे की जवान बीबी बुधिया प्रसव-वेदना में पछाड़ खा रही थी।
- jhopṛe ke dvār par bāp aur beṭā donõ ek bujhe hue alāv ke sāmne cupcāp baiṭhe hue ha͠i aur andar beṭe kī javān bībī budhiyā prasav-vednā mẽ pachāṛ khā rahī thī.
- At the door of the hut father and son both sit silently by a burnt-out bonfire while inside, the son's young wife Budhiya was struggling with labor-pain in agony.
- bonfire, campfire
- fire kindled in a ditch around which Mohammedans dance and walk over during Muharram
- 1987, Abdula Bismillāha, Zaharabāda:
- ... और मैं हाथ में नेजा लिए अलाव में नाच रहा हूँ।
- ... aur ma͠i hāth mẽ nejā lie alāv mẽ nāc rahā hū̃.
- ...and i am dancing in the bonfire with spear in my hand.
Declension
editDeclension of अलाव (masc cons-stem)
References
edit- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “alāta”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “अलाव”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
- Platts, John T. (1884) “अलाव”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.