जलवा

Hindi

Etymology

From Persian جلوه (jelve), from Arabic جَلْوَة (jalwa).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəl.ʋɑː/, [d͡ʒɐl.ʋäː]

Noun

जलवा • (jalvā) m (Urdu spelling جلوہ)

1. beauty, splendour, light

   (deprecated template usage) जलवा-ए-माशूक़ ― jalvā-e-māśūq ― the light of [one's] beloved (poetic)

References

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