जौहर

Hindi

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɔː.ɦəɾ/, [d͡ʒɔː.ɦɐɾ]

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit *जतुगृह (jatugṛha). Compare Marwari जौहर (jauhar).

Noun

जौहर • (jauhar) m (Urdu spelling جوہر)

1. self-immolation on a pyre, especially that done by the Rajput women when facing capture, as men fought the final battle
2. a funeral pyre

   Synonym: चिता (citā)

Derived terms

• जौहर करना (jauhar karnā, “to self-immolate”)
• जौहर होना (jauhar honā, “to die sacrificially”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic جَوْهَر (jawhar).

Noun

जौहर • (jauhar) m (Urdu spelling جوہر)

1. jewel

   Synonym: रत्न (ratna)

2. essence, meaning

References

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