जाला

Hindi

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀚𑀸𑀮 (jāla), from Sanskrit जाल (jāla, “net”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɑː.lɑː/, [d͡ʒäː.läː]

Noun

जाला • (jālā) m (Urdu spelling جالا)

1. web, net

   यहाँ रोज़ कोई मकड़ी जाला बनाती है।

   yahā̃ roz koī makṛī jālā banātī hai.

   Everyday some spider makes a web here.

Declension

Declension of जाला (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	जाला jālā	जाले jāle
oblique	जाले jāle	जालों jālõ
vocative	जाले jāle	जालो jālo

Related terms

• जाली (jālī)

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “जाला”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press
• Hardev Bahri (2013) “जाला”, in राजपाल हिंदी शब्दकोश [rājpāl hindī śabdakoś, Rajpal Hindi Dictionary], Rajpal and Sons, →ISBN

Konkani

Etymology

See जाले (jāle).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɑː.lɑː/
• Often pronounced [‿ɑː.lɑː] in colloquial speech, when preceded by a vowel: तो मोटो जाला ― [t̪ɔː‿mɔ.ʈɔ‿ɑː.lɑː] ― He has become fat

Verb

जाला • (jālā) (Latin script zala, Kannada script ಜಾಲಾ)

1. present perfective indicative of जाव्चे (jāvce, “to happen”)