झिलमिलाना

Hindi

Etymology

From झिलमिल (jhilmil) +‎ -आना (-ānā). Cognate with Punjabi ਝਿਲਮਿਲਾਉਣਾ (jhilmilāuṇā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Hindi) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒʱɪl.mɪ.lɑː.nɑː/, [d͡ʒʱɪl.mɪ.läː.näː]

Verb

झिलमिलाना • (jhilmilānā) (ambitransitive, Urdu spelling جھلملانا)

1. to sparkle, shimmer, twinkle
2. to flicker
3. to cause to sparkle

Conjugation

Impersonal forms of झिलमिलाना

Undeclined
Stem		झिलमिला jhilmilā
Infinitive		झिलमिलाना jhilmilānā
Oblique Infinitive		झिलमिलाने jhilmilāne
Conjunctive		झिलमिलाकर, झिलमिलाके jhilmilākar, jhilmilāke
Progressive		झिलमिलाते-झिलमिलाते jhilmilāte-jhilmilāte
Participles
		dir m s	m p obl m s	f s	f p
Infinitive		झिलमिलाना jhilmilānā	झिलमिलाने jhilmilāne	झिलमिलानी jhilmilānī	झिलमिलानीं jhilmilānī̃
Habitual		झिलमिलाता jhilmilātā	झिलमिलाते jhilmilāte	झिलमिलाती jhilmilātī	झिलमिलातीं jhilmilātī̃
Perfective		झिलमिलाया jhilmilāyā	झिलमिलाये1 jhilmilāye1	झिलमिलायी1 jhilmilāyī1	झिलमिलायीं1 jhilmilāyī̃1
Prospective Agentive		झिलमिलानेवाला jhilmilānevālā	झिलमिलानेवाले jhilmilānevāle	झिलमिलानेवाली jhilmilānevālī	झिलमिलानेवालीं jhilmilānevālī̃
Adjectival	Perfective	झिलमिलाया हुआ jhilmilāyā huā	झिलमिलाये हुए1 jhilmilāye hue1	झिलमिलायी हुई1 jhilmilāyī huī1	झिलमिलायी हुईं1 jhilmilāyī huī̃1
	Habitual	झिलमिलाता हुआ jhilmilātā huā	झिलमिलाते हुए jhilmilāte hue	झिलमिलाती हुई jhilmilātī huī	झिलमिलाती हुईं jhilmilātī huī̃

¹The participles झिलमिलाये (jhilmilāye), झिलमिलायी (jhilmilāyī) and झिलमिलायीं (jhilmilāyī̃) can also be spelled without the y: झिलमिलाए (jhilmilāe), झिलमिलाई (jhilmilāī) and झिलमिलाईं (jhilmilāī̃).

Personal forms of झिलमिलाना

Non-Aspectual
			Singular			Plural
			1st मैं	2nd तू	3rd यह/वह, ये/वो	2nd तुम	1st हम	3rd, 2nd ये/वो/वे, आप
Indicative	PERF	m	झिलमिलाया jhilmilāyā			झिलमिलाये1 jhilmilāye1
		f	झिलमिलायी1 jhilmilāyī1				झिलमिलायीं1 jhilmilāyī̃1
	FUT	m	झिलमिलाऊँगा jhilmilāūṅgā	झिलमिलायेगा4 jhilmilāyegā4		झिलमिलाओगे jhilmilāoge	झिलमिलायेंगे4 jhilmilāyeṅge4
		f	झिलमिलाऊँगी jhilmilāūṅgī	झिलमिलायेगी4 jhilmilāyegī4		झिलमिलाओगी jhilmilāogī	झिलमिलायेंगी4 jhilmilāyeṅgī4
Subjunctive	FUT	m f	झिलमिलाऊँ jhilmilāū̃	झिलमिलाये2 jhilmilāye2		झिलमिलाओ jhilmilāo	झिलमिलायें2 jhilmilāyẽ2
Contrafactual	PST	m	झिलमिलाता jhilmilātā			झिलमिलाते jhilmilāte
		f	झिलमिलाती jhilmilātī				झिलमिलातीं jhilmilātī̃
Imperative	PRS	m f		झिलमिला jhilmilā		झिलमिलाओ jhilmilāo		झिलमिलाइये3 jhilmilāiye3
	FUT	m f		झिलमिलाइयो jhilmilāiyo		झिलमिलाना jhilmilānā		झिलमिलाइयेगा3 jhilmilāiyegā3
Habitual Aspect
Indicative	PRS	m	झिलमिलाता हूँ jhilmilātā hū̃	झिलमिलाता है jhilmilātā hai		झिलमिलाते हो jhilmilāte ho	झिलमिलाते हैं jhilmilāte ha͠i
		f	झिलमिलाती हूँ jhilmilātī hū̃	झिलमिलाती है jhilmilātī hai		झिलमिलाती हो jhilmilātī ho	झिलमिलाती हैं jhilmilātī ha͠i
	PST	m	झिलमिलाता था jhilmilātā thā			झिलमिलाते थे jhilmilāte the
		f	झिलमिलाती थी jhilmilātī thī				झिलमिलाती थीं jhilmilātī thī̃
Presumptive	PRS PST	m	झिलमिलाता हूँगा jhilmilātā hūṅgā	झिलमिलाता होगा jhilmilātā hogā		झिलमिलाते होगे jhilmilāte hoge	झिलमिलाते होंगे jhilmilāte hoṅge
		f	झिलमिलाती हूँगी jhilmilātī hūṅgī	झिलमिलाती होगी jhilmilātī hogī		झिलमिलाती होगी jhilmilātī hogī	झिलमिलाती होंगी jhilmilātī hoṅgī
Subjunctive	PRS	m	झिलमिलाता हूँ jhilmilātā hū̃	झिलमिलाता हो jhilmilātā ho		झिलमिलाते हो jhilmilāte ho	झिलमिलाते हों jhilmilāte hõ
		f	झिलमिलाती हूँ jhilmilātī hū̃	झिलमिलाती हो jhilmilātī ho		झिलमिलाती हो jhilmilātī ho	झिलमिलाती हों jhilmilātī hõ
Contrafactual	PST	m	झिलमिलाता होता jhilmilātā hotā			झिलमिलाते होते jhilmilāte hote
		f	झिलमिलाती होती jhilmilātī hotī				झिलमिलाती होतीं jhilmilātī hotī̃
Perfective Aspect
			Singular			Plural
			1st मैं	2nd तू	3rd यह/वह, ये/वो	2nd तुम	1st हम	3rd, 2nd ये/वो/वे, आप
Indicative	PRS	m	झिलमिलाया हूँ jhilmilāyā hū̃	झिलमिलाया है jhilmilāyā hai		झिलमिलाये हो1 jhilmilāye ho1	झिलमिलाये हैं1 jhilmilāye ha͠i1
		f	झिलमिलायी हूँ1 jhilmilāyī hū̃1	झिलमिलायी है1 jhilmilāyī hai1		झिलमिलायी हो1 jhilmilāyī ho1	झिलमिलायी हैं1 jhilmilāyī ha͠i1
	PST	m	झिलमिलाया था jhilmilāyā thā			झिलमिलाये थे1 jhilmilāye the1
		f	झिलमिलायी थी1 jhilmilāyī thī1				झिलमिलायी थीं1 jhilmilāyī thī̃1
	FUT	m	झिलमिलाया हूँगा jhilmilāyā hūṅgā	झिलमिलाया होगा jhilmilāyā hogā		झिलमिलाये होगे1 jhilmilāye hoge1	झिलमिलाये होंगे1 jhilmilāye hoṅge1
		f	झिलमिलायी हूँगी1 jhilmilāyī hūṅgī1	झिलमिलायी होगी1 jhilmilāyī hogī1		झिलमिलायी होगी1 jhilmilāyī hogī1	झिलमिलायी होंगी1 jhilmilāyī hoṅgī1
Presumptive	PRS PST	m	झिलमिलाया हूँगा jhilmilāyā hūṅgā	झिलमिलाया होगा jhilmilāyā hogā		झिलमिलाये होगे1 jhilmilāye hoge1	झिलमिलाये होंगे1 jhilmilāye hoṅge1
		f	झिलमिलायी हूँगी1 jhilmilāyī hūṅgī1	झिलमिलायी होगी1 jhilmilāyī hogī1		झिलमिलायी होगी1 jhilmilāyī hogī1	झिलमिलायी होंगी1 jhilmilāyī hoṅgī1
Subjunctive	PRS	m	झिलमिलाया हूँ jhilmilāyā hū̃	झिलमिलाया हो jhilmilāyā ho		झिलमिलाये हो1 jhilmilāye ho1	झिलमिलाये हों1 jhilmilāye hõ1
		f	झिलमिलायी हूँ1 jhilmilāyī hū̃1	झिलमिलायी हो1 jhilmilāyī ho1		झिलमिलायी हो1 jhilmilāyī ho1	झिलमिलायी हों1 jhilmilāyī hõ1
	FUT	m	झिलमिलाया होऊँ jhilmilāyā hoū̃	झिलमिलाया होए jhilmilāyā hoe		झिलमिलाये होओ1 jhilmilāye hoo1	झिलमिलाये होएँ1 jhilmilāye hoẽ1
		f	झिलमिलायी होऊँ1 jhilmilāyī hoū̃1	झिलमिलायी होए1 jhilmilāyī hoe1		झिलमिलायी होओ1 jhilmilāyī hoo1	झिलमिलायी होएँ1 jhilmilāyī hoẽ1
Contrafactual	PST	m	झिलमिलाया होता jhilmilāyā hotā			झिलमिलाये होते1 jhilmilāye hote1
		f	झिलमिलायी होती1 jhilmilāyī hotī1				झिलमिलायी होतीं1 jhilmilāyī hotī̃1
Progressive Aspect
Indicative	PRS	m	झिलमिला रहा हूँ jhilmilā rahā hū̃	झिलमिला रहा है jhilmilā rahā hai		झिलमिला रहे हो jhilmilā rahe ho	झिलमिला रहे हैं jhilmilā rahe ha͠i
		f	झिलमिला रही हूँ jhilmilā rahī hū̃	झिलमिला रही है jhilmilā rahī hai		झिलमिला रही हो jhilmilā rahī ho	झिलमिला रही हैं jhilmilā rahī ha͠i
	PST	m	झिलमिला रहा था jhilmilā rahā thā			झिलमिला रहे थे jhilmilā rahe the
		f	झिलमिला रही थी jhilmilā rahī thī				झिलमिला रही थीं jhilmilā rahī thī̃
	FUT	m	झिलमिला रहा हूँगा jhilmilā rahā hūṅgā	झिलमिला रहा होगा jhilmilā rahā hogā		झिलमिला रहे होगे jhilmilā rahe hoge	झिलमिला रहे होंगे jhilmilā rahe hoṅge
		f	झिलमिला रही हूँगी jhilmilā rahī hūṅgī	झिलमिला रही होगी jhilmilā rahī hogī		झिलमिला रही होगी jhilmilā rahī hogī	झिलमिला रही होंगी jhilmilā rahī hoṅgī
Presumptive	PRS PST FUT	m	झिलमिला रहा हूँगा jhilmilā rahā hūṅgā	झिलमिला रहा होगा jhilmilā rahā hogā		झिलमिला रहे होगे jhilmilā rahe hoge	झिलमिला रहे होंगे jhilmilā rahe hoṅge
		f	झिलमिला रही हूँगी jhilmilā rahī hūṅgī	झिलमिला रही होगी jhilmilā rahī hogī		झिलमिला रही होगी jhilmilā rahī hogī	झिलमिला रही होंगी jhilmilā rahī hoṅgī
Subjunctive	PRS	m	झिलमिला रहा हूँ jhilmilā rahā hū̃	झिलमिला रहा हो jhilmilā rahā ho		झिलमिला रहे हो jhilmilā rahe ho	झिलमिला रहे हों jhilmilā rahe hõ
		f	झिलमिला रही हूँ jhilmilā rahī hū̃	झिलमिला रही हो jhilmilā rahī ho		झिलमिला रही हो jhilmilā rahī ho	झिलमिला रही हों jhilmilā rahī hõ
	FUT	m	झिलमिला रहा होऊँ jhilmilā rahā hoū̃	झिलमिला रहा होए jhilmilā rahā hoe		झिलमिला रहे होओ jhilmilā rahe hoo	झिलमिला रहे होएँ jhilmilā rahe hoẽ
		f	झिलमिला रही होऊँ jhilmilā rahī hoū̃	झिलमिला रही होए jhilmilā rahī hoe		झिलमिला रही होओ jhilmilā rahī hoo	झिलमिला रही होएँ jhilmilā rahī hoẽ
Contrafactual	PST	m	झिलमिला रहा होता jhilmilā rahā hotā			झिलमिला रहे होते jhilmilā rahe hote
		f	झिलमिला रही होती jhilmilā rahī hotī				झिलमिला रही होतीं jhilmilā rahī hotī̃
			1st मैं	2nd तू	3rd यह/वह, ये/वो	2nd तुम	1st हम	3rd, 2nd ये/वो/वे, आप
			Singular			Plural

¹The participles झिलमिलाये (jhilmilāye), झिलमिलायी (jhilmilāyī) and झिलमिलायीं (jhilmilāyī̃) can also be spelled without the y: झिलमिलाए (jhilmilāe), झिलमिलाई (jhilmilāī) and झिलमिलाईं (jhilmilāī̃).
²The forms झिलमिलाये (jhilmilāye) and झिलमिलायें (jhilmilāyẽ) can also be spelled without the y: झिलमिलाए (jhilmilāe) and झिलमिलाएँ (jhilmilāẽ).
³The forms झिलमिलािये (jhilmilāiye) and झिलमिलाियेगा (jhilmilāiyegā) can also be spelled without the y: झिलमिलािए (jhilmilāie) and झिलमिलािएगा (jhilmilāiegā).
⁴The forms झिलमिलायेगा (jhilmilāyegā), झिलमिलायेंगे (jhilmilāyeṅge), झिलमिलायेगी (jhilmilāyegī) and झिलमिलायेंगी (jhilmilāyeṅgī) can also be spelled without the y: झिलमिलाएगा (jhilmilāegā), झिलमिलाएँगे (jhilmilāeṅge), झिलमिलाएगी (jhilmilāegī) and झिलमिलाएँगी (jhilmilāeṅgī).

Derived terms

• झिलमिलाहट (jhilmilāhaṭ)

References

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