جگنو

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀚𑁄𑀇𑀁𑀕𑀡 (joiṃgaṇa), from Sanskrit ज्योतिरिङ्गण (jyotiriṅgaṇa). Cognate with Maithili जोगनी (jōgᵊnī).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒʊɡ.nuː/
• Rhymes: -uː

Noun

جُگْنُو • (jugnū) m (Hindi spelling जुगनू)

1. firefly

   Synonyms: کِرْمَکِ شَب تَاب (kirmak-e shab tāb), (rare) کَھدْیوت (khadyot), پَٹْبِیجْنا (paṭbījnā)

Declension

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Further reading

• “جگنو”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.
• Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971) “جگنو”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co., page 230
• Platts, John T. (1884) “jugnū”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 384
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “jyōtiriṅgaṇa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 292