کلاوا

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Prakrit 𑀓𑀮𑀸𑀯 (kalāva), from Sanskrit कलाप (kalāpa). First attested in c. 1603 as Middle Hindi کلاوا (klava). Cognate with Marathi कळवा (kaḷvā), Punjabi کلاوا (kalāvā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /kə.lɑː.ʋɑː/, /kɪ.lɑː.ʋɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː
• Hyphenation: کَ‧لا‧وَا

Noun

کَلاوَا • (kalāvā) m (Hindi spelling कलावा)

1. A rope tied around an elephant's neck to control it.

Declension

Declension of کلاوا

	singular	plural
direct	کَلاوَا (kalāvā)	کَلاوَے (kalāve)
oblique	کَلاوَے (kalāve)	کَلاوَوں (kalāvõ)
vocative	کَلاوَے (kalāve)	کَلاوَو (kalāvo)

Descendants

• → Gujarati: કિલાવો (kilāvo)
• → Marathi: कलावा (kalāvā), किलावा (kilāvā)

Further reading

• “کلاوا”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2026.
• Platts, John T. (1884), “کلاوا”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “kalāpa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 149