रूमाल

See also: रमल

Hindi

Alternative forms

• रुमाल (rumāl)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian رومال (rū-māl, literally “face-wiper”). Compare Assamese ৰুমাল (rumal), Bengali রুমাল (rumal), Gujarati રૂમાલ (rūmāl), Malayalam ഉറുമാൽ (uṟumāl), Marathi रुमाल (rumāl), Punjabi ਰੁਮਾਲ (rumāl).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi) IPA^(key): /ɾuː.mɑːl/, [ɾuː.mäːl]

Noun

रूमाल • (rūmāl) m (Urdu spelling رومال)

1. handkerchief
2. napkin

Declension

Declension of रूमाल (masc cons-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	रूमाल rūmāl	रूमाल rūmāl
oblique	रूमाल rūmāl	रूमालों rūmālõ
vocative	रूमाल rūmāl	रूमालो rūmālo

Descendants

• → English: romal, rumal

References

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