नहला

Hindi

Etymology

Probably formed by analogy to दहला (dahlā, “ten (in cards)”) from नौ (nau, “nine”).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /nəɦ.lɑː/, [nɛʱ.läː]

Noun

नहला • (nahlā) m (Urdu spelling نہلا)

1. (card games) a nine

Declension

Declension of नहला (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	नहला nahlā	नहले nahle
oblique	नहले nahle	नहलों nahlõ
vocative	नहले nahle	नहलो nahlo

Coordinate terms

Playing cards in Hindi · ताश (tāś) (layout · text)
इक्का (ikkā)	दुक्की (dukkī)	तिक्की (tikkī)	चौका (caukā)	पंजा (pañjā)	छक्का (chakkā)	सत्ता (sattā)
अट्ठा (aṭṭhā)	नहला (nahlā)	दहला (dahlā)	ग़ुलाम (ġulām)	बेगम (begam)	बादशाह (bādśāh)	जोकर (jokar)

References

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