जलसा

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian جلسه (jalsa), from Arabic جَلْسَة (jalsa). Cognate with Bengali জলসা (jolośa), Punjabi ਜਲਸਾ (jalsā).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəl.sɑː/, [d͡ʒɐl.säː]

Noun

जलसा • (jalsā) m (Urdu spelling جلسہ)

1. session, sitting, meeting
2. gathering, function

Declension

Declension of जलसा (masc ā-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	जलसा jalsā	जलसे jalse
oblique	जलसे jalse	जलसों jalsõ
vocative	जलसे jalse	जलसो jalso

References

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