जल-थल

Hindi

Etymology

जल (jal, “water”) +‎ थल (thal, “land”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəl.t̪ʰəl/, [d͡ʒɐl.t̪ʰɐl]
• Hyphenation: जल‧थल

Noun

जल-थल • (jal-thal) m

1. water and land; sea and earth
2. low-lying, marshy ground

Derived terms

• जल-थल एक होना (jal-thal ek honā)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “जल”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Platts, John T. (1884) “जल”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.