जौहर
Hindi
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Sanskrit *जतुगृह (jatugṛha). Compare Marwari जौहर (jauhar).
Noun
जौहर • (jauhar) m (Urdu spelling جوہر)
- self-immolation on a pyre, especially that done by the Rajput women when facing capture, as men fought the final battle
- a funeral pyre
- Synonym: चिता (citā)
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Arabic جَوْهَر (jawhar).
Noun
जौहर • (jauhar) m (Urdu spelling جوہر)
Declension
References
- McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “जौहर”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press