جھلا

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Punjabi

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Etymology

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Inherited from Prakrit *𑀛𑀮𑁆𑀮𑁆 (*jhall, to shine). Compare Hindi झल्ला (jhallā)

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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جَھلّا (jhallā) (feminine جھلی, Gurmukhi spelling ਝੱਲਾ)

  1. crazy, fool, mad
    Synonyms: کَمْلا (kamlā), پاگَل (pāgal), دِیْوَاݨَہ (dīvāṇah)
    • 2002, اکمل شہزاد گھمن [Akmal Shahzād Ghumman], ایہہ کہانی نہیں : کہانیاں [aihah kahāṇī nahīn̲ : kahāṇiyān̲, This is not a story: stories], →OCLC, page 100:
      ہورے جھلا جیہا فیر کتھے چُنبھی مار گیا اے۔
      hore jhallā jehā fer kitthe cuṉbhī mār geyā اe.
      Lord knows where this idiot has vanished off to.

Declension

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Declension of جھلا
masculine feminine
singular plural singular plural
direct جَھلّا (jhallā) جَھلّے (jhalle) جَھلّی (jhallī) جَھلّیاں (jhallīyāṉ)
oblique جَھلّے (jhalle) جَھلّیْاں (jhalliyāṉ) جَھلّی (jhallī) جَھلّیاں (jhallīyāṉ)

Further reading

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  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “جھلّا”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • ਝੱਲਾ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2024