जबड़ा

See also: जबडा

Hindi edit

Alternative forms edit

जभड़ा (jabhṛā) — obsolete

Etymology edit

Derived from Sanskrit जम्भ (jámbha) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀟- (-ḍa-) + -𑀓- (-ka-), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ámbʰas, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵómbʰos. Doublet of जंभ (jambh).^[1] Cognate with Marathi जबडा (jabḍā).

Pronunciation edit

(Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəb.ɽɑː/, [d͡ʒɐb.ɽäː]

Noun edit

जबड़ा • (jabṛā) m (Urdu spelling جَبْڑَا)

(anatomy) jaw
Synonyms: जंभ (jambh), हनु (hanu), कट्टा (kaṭṭā)

Declension edit

Declension of जबड़ा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	जबड़ा jabṛā	जबड़े jabṛe
oblique	जबड़े jabṛe	जबड़ों jabṛõ
vocative	जबड़े jabṛe	जबड़ो jabṛo

References edit

^ Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “jámbha”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Further reading edit

McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “jabṛā”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 357

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